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==''Black Swan'' class== ===Royal Navy=== The first two ships were built under the 1937 Programme, being ordered from [[Yarrow Shipbuilders|Yarrow and Company]], Scotstoun, on 1 January 1938. The second pair was built under the 1939 Programme, being ordered from [[Furness Shipbuilding Company]] on 21 June 1939.<ref name="hague p6,76">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Hague|1993|pp=6, 76}}</ref> A further ten RN ships were ordered under the 1940 War Programme on 13 April 1940; however six of these (the orders placed with White of Cowes, Thornycroft at Woolston, and Swan Hunter on Tyneside for two ships each) were subsequently replaced by orders for an equal number of {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer|0}} escort destroyers. There were incremental improvements as the building developed, and the ''Woodcock'' and ''Wren'' when completed were practically indistinguishable from the Modified ''Black Swan'' class. {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;" |+ List of ''Black Swan''-class sloops of the Royal Navy |- ! scope="col" | Name ! scope="col" | Pennant ! scope="col" | Builder ! scope="col" | Laid Down ! scope="col" | Launched ! scope="col" | Commissioned ! scope="col" | Fate |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Flamingo|L18|2}} ! scope="row" | L18<br />later U18 |[[Yarrow Shipbuilders|Yarrow]], [[Scotstoun]]<ref name="hague p76">{{Harvard citation no brackets|Hague|1993|p=76}}</ref> |26 May 1938<ref name="hague p76"/> |18 April 1939<ref name="hague p76"/> |3 November 1939<ref name="hague p76"/> |Transferred to [[West German Navy|West Germany]] as ''Graf Spee'' 21 January 1959. Sold for breaking up 25 October 1967. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Black Swan|L57|2}} ! scope="row" | L57<br />later U57 |[[Yarrow Shipbuilders|Yarrow]], [[Scotstoun]]<ref name="hague p76"/> |20 June 1938<ref name="hague p76"/> |7 July 1939<ref name="hague p76"/> |27 January 1940<ref name="hague p76"/> |Sold for breaking up 13 September 1956. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Erne|U03|2}} ! scope="row" | U03 |[[Furness Shipbuilding Company|Furness Sbdg]], [[Haverton Hill-on-Tees]] |22 September 1939<ref name="hague p76"/> |5 August 1940<ref name="hague p76"/> |26 April 1941<ref name="hague p76"/> |Became RNVR training ship ''Wessex'' on the Solent 4 June 1952, broken up October 1965. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Ibis|U99|2}} ! scope="row" | U99 |[[Furness Shipbuilding Company|Furness Sbdg]], [[Haverton Hill-on-Tees]] |22 September 1939<ref name="hague p76"/> |28 November 1940<ref name="hague p76"/> |30 August 1941<ref name="hague p76"/> |Sunk by Italian torpedo bombers off Algiers on 10 November 1942. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Whimbrel|U29|2}} ! scope="row" | U29 |[[Yarrow Shipbuilders|Yarrow]], [[Scotstoun]] |31 October 1941 |25 August 1942 |13 January 1943 |Transferred to [[Egyptian Navy|Egypt]] as ''El Malek Farouq'' November 1949, renamed ''Tarik'' 1954. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Wild Goose|U45|2}} ! scope="row" | U45 |[[Yarrow Shipbuilders|Yarrow]], [[Scotstoun]] |28 January 1942 |14 October 1942 |11 March 1943 |Sold for breaking up 27 February 1956. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Woodpecker|U08|2}} ! scope="row" | U08 |[[William Denny and Brothers|Denny]], [[Dumbarton|Dunbarton]] |23 February 1941 |29 June 1942 |14 December 1942 |Sunk by {{GS|U-256||2}} on 27 February 1944. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMS|Wren|U28|2}} ! scope="row" | U28 |[[William Denny and Brothers|Denny]], [[Dumbarton|Dunbarton]] |27 February 1941 |11 August 1942 |4 February 1943 |Sold for breaking up 2 February 1956. |} ===Royal Indian Navy=== Two ships were ordered under the 1939 Programme, the order being placed with Denny on 8 September 1939. The second pair were ordered under the 1940 Programme, this order with Thornycroft being placed on 29 August 1940. The first two were used as survey ships after the War. The second pair were transferred to the [[Pakistan Navy]] in 1948. The third pair (which were of the Modified ''Black Swan'' class β see below) {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:97%;" |+ List of ''Black Swan''-class sloops of the Royal Indian Navy |- ! scope="col" | Name ! scope="col" | Pennant ! scope="col" | Builder ! scope="col" | Laid Down ! scope="col" | Launched ! scope="col" | Commissioned ! scope="col" | Fate |- ! scope="row" | {{HMIS|Sutlej|U95|2}} ! scope="row" | U95 |[[William Denny and Brothers|Denny]], [[Dumbarton|Dunbarton]] |4 January 1940 |1 October 1940 |23 April 1941 |Survey vessel 1955. Paid off at end 1978 and scrapped in 1980. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMIS|Jumna|U21|2}} ! scope="row" | U21 |[[William Denny and Brothers|Denny]], [[Dumbarton|Dunbarton]] |28 February 1940 |16 November 1940 |13 May 1941 |Survey vessel 1957. Renamed INS ''Jamuna'' 1968, paid off at end 1980 and broken up. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMIS|Narbada|U40|2}} ! scope="row" | U40 |[[John I. Thornycroft & Company|Thornycroft]], [[Woolston, Southampton|Woolston]] |30 August 1941 |21 November 1942 |29 April 1943 |Renamed ''Jhelum'' 1948. Sold to be broken up 15 July 1959. |- ! scope="row" | {{HMIS|Godavari|U52|2}} ! scope="row" | U52 |[[John I. Thornycroft & Company|Thornycroft]], [[Woolston, Southampton|Woolston]] |30 October 1941 |21 January 1943 |28 June 1943 |Renamed ''Sind'' 1948. Sold for breaking up 2 June 1959. |}
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