H.M.S. Wild Swan (1919)

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H.M.S. Wild Swan (1919)
Pendant Number: D.62 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1918 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 17 May, 1919[4]
Commissioned: 10 Oct, 1919[5]
Sunk: 17 Jun, 1942[6]
Fate: in Bay of Biscay

H.M.S. Wild Swan was one of 15 destroyers of the Modified "W" class.

Service

Commissioned on 10 October, 1919.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 900.

Bibliography


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