history of hms peacock 1939-1945 and crew?

Answer 1

www.veteransagency.mod.uk

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www.armed-guard.co.uk

Answer 2

Hms Peacock

Answer 3

HMS Peacock was named after one of the most infamous ships within the royal Navy - The sinking of HMS Peacock was a naval action fought in the Atlantic off the mouth of the Demerara River, Guiana on February 24, 1813, between the brigs USS Hornet and HMS Peacock. After an exchange of broadsides during which the British vessel's commander was killed, the Peacock attempted to disengage but was pursued by the Hornet and succumbed to raking fire, sinking swiftly.

The WW2 HMS Peacock, was a Sloop of the Modified Black Swan class, Pennant: U 96
Built by: Thornycroft (Southampton) Laid down: 29 Nov, 1942, Launched: 11 Dec, 1943
Commissioned: 10 May, 1944 - Scrapped 7 May 1958.

The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. Eight Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943; twenty-nine modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945.

Like corvettes, sloops were specialized convoy-defence vessels, with anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capability. They were designed to have a longer range than a destroyer at the expense of a lower top speed, while remaining capable of outrunning surfaced Type VII and Type IX U-boats.

In World War II, Black Swan-class sloops sank 29 U-boats. The most famous sloop commander was Captain Frederic John Walker. His sloop Starling became one of the most successful submarine hunters, taking part in the sinking of eleven U-boats.

After the war, sloops continued in service with the Royal Navy, Egyptian Navy, Indian Navy, Pakistani Navy and the West German Navy. In April 1949, the Communist People’s Liberation Army attacked Amethyst on the Yangtze River.

Several Black Swan sloops fought in the Korean War.


Notable events involving Peacock include: 24 Aug 1944
The German submarine U-354 was sunk in the Barents Sea north-east of North Cape, in position 72.49N, 30.41E, by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Mermaid and HMS Peacock, the British frigate HMS Loch Dunvegan and the British destroyer HMS Keppel.

825 Squadron provided anti-submarine protection for Atlantic convoys during the winter and spring of 1944, flying off HMS Vindex. On the 2 Sep, 1944, The German submarine U-394 was sunk in the Norwegian Sea some nautical miles south-east of Jan Mayen island, Norway, in position 69º47’N, 04º10’E. Attacked by rockets and depth charges from a Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 825) from the British escort carrier HMS Vindex, and the British destroyers HMS Keppel and HMS Whitehall and the British sloops HMS Mermaid and HMS Peacock.


During the Suez crises Soon after Colonel Nasser’s army officers forced the abdication of King Farouk with their successful coup in July of 1952. Anthony Eden’s British government felt it would be in their best interests to ‘show the flag’ in Suez, just in case the Colonel and his officers got ambitions beyond their mandate. The ship closest to
the area at the time was HMS ‘Peacock’, one of 34 sloops of the Black Swan class serving around the world at the time. HMS ‘Peacock’ was a sister ship of
her more famous partner, HMS ‘Magpie’ - famed for her celebrity commander, HRH Prince Phillip.

The ‘Peacock’ arrived in the Red Sea and proceeded to undertake 'flex the muscles' exercises.

Answer 4

I posted this in the later questio too but here it is..check this out.
http://uboat.net/index.html

Answer 5

Try here : http://www.forcesreunited.org.uk/namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Peacock.html