HMS Modeste (U42)

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HMS Modeste 1945 IWM FL 22497.jpg
HMS Modeste anchored on 12 September 1945.
History
United Kingdom
NameModeste
NamesakeModeste
Ordered5 October 1942
BuilderChatham Dockyard, Kent
Laid down15 February 1943
Launched29 January 1944
Commissioned3 September 1945
Decommissioned1950s
IdentificationPennant number: U42
FateScrapped in 1961
General characteristics
Class and typeModified Black Swan-class sloop
Displacement1,350 tons
Length283 ft (86 m)
Beam38.5 ft (11.7 m)
Propulsion
  • Geared turbines
  • two shafts
Speed20 knots (37 km/h) at 4,300 hp (3,200 kW)
Complement192 men + 1 Cat
Armament
  • 6 × QF 4 in Mk XVI anti-aircraft guns
  • 12 × 20 mm anti-aircraft guns

HMS Modeste was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Chatham Dockyard, Kent on 15 February 1943, launched on 29 January 1944 and commissioned on 3 September 1945, with the pennant number U42.

Construction and career[]

HMS Modeste was put into service one month after the end of the war in September 1945, Modeste did not experience the fighting of the Second World War.

She was placed on the destruction list for demolition, the Modeste arrived at the demolition site on 11 March 1961.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "HMS Modeste (U 42) of the Royal Navy - British Sloop of the Modified Black Swan class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

Further reading[]

  • Blair, Clay Gardiner (2000). Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942–1945. New York: Modern Library. ISBN 0-679-64033-9.
  • Gardiner, Robert Gardiner (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships (1922-1946). Conway Maritime Press. p. 456. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
  • Gardiner, Robert Gardiner (1996). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships (1947-1995). US Naval Institute Press. p. 675. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Hague, Arnold (1993). Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.
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