HMS Snipe (U20)

HMS Snipe was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton on 21 September 1944, launched on 20 December 1945 and commissioned on 9 September 1946, with the pennant number U20.[1]

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

History
United Kingdom
Name: Snipe
Namesake: Snipe
Ordered: 8 December 1942
Builder: William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton
Laid down: 21 September 1944
Launched: 20 December 1945
Commissioned: 9 September 1946
Decommissioned: 1953
Identification: Pennant number: U20
Fate: Scrapped in 1960
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

Commissioned in 1946, HMS Snipe therefore did not experience the battles of World War II.

HMS Snipe served in the Royal Navy for the North America and West Indies Station after entering service in 1946. The ship remained at this station, at the except for returning to the United Kingdom for a return to service until 1952, when he joined a flotilla of frigates in the Home Fleet. 

After attending the Coronation Review in 1953, she joined the Fleet Reserve at Devonport. The ship was then transferred to Barry's Reserve Fleet Subdivision and placed on the destruction list for demolition by J Cashmore in Newport in Monmouth. It arrived in tow at the demolition site on 2 August 1960.[2]

References
  1. "HMS Snipe (U 20) of the Royal Navy - British Sloop of the Modified Black Swan class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. "HMS Snipe, sloop". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 21 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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