HMS Modeste (U42)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Opossum.

HMS Modeste anchored on 12 September 1945.
History
United Kingdom
Name: Modeste
Namesake: Modeste
Ordered: 5 October 1942
Builder: Chatham Dockyard, Kent
Laid down: 15 February 1943
Launched: 29 January 1944
Commissioned: 3 September 1945
Decommissioned: 1950s
Identification: Pennant number: U42
Status: Scrapped in 1961
General characteristics
Class and type: Modified Black Swan-class sloop
Displacement: 1,350 tons
Length: 283 ft (86 m)
Beam: 38.5 ft (11.7 m)
Propulsion:
  • Geared turbines
  • two shafts
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h) at 4,300 hp (3,200 kW)
Complement: 192 men + 1 Cat
Armament:

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]

See also

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 readings
  • Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1971). Jane's Fighting Ships 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company. ISBN 0-354-00096-9.
  • Blair, Clay Gardiner (2000). Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942–1945. Vol. 3. New York: Modern Library. ISBN 0-679-64033-9.
  • Gardiner, Robert Gardiner (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships (1922-1946). Vol. 3. Conway Maritime Press. p. 456. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
  • Gardiner, Robert Gardiner (1996). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships (1947-1995). Vol. 4. 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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