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((short description|Sloop of the Royal Navy))

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'''HMS ''Black Swan''''', was the [[name ship]] of the ((sclass|Black Swan|sloop|0)) [[sloop-of-war|sloop]]s of the [[Royal Navy]]. This class was admired for its sea-going qualities.

==Construction and design==
''Black Swan'', named after the [[black swan]], was laid down by [[Yarrow Shipbuilders]] on 20 June 1938, launched on 7 July 1939, and commissioned on 27 January 1940.<ref name="Hague p76">Hague 1993, p. 76.</ref>

The ''Black Swan'' class was a lengthened version of the earlier ((sclass|Egret|sloop|1))s. The main gun armament consisted of six [[QF 4 inch Mk XVI naval gun|QF 4 inch Mk XVI]] anti-aircraft guns in three twin turrets, with the fourth 4&nbsp;inch turret of the Egret class removed to allow addition of a quadruple barrel [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|2-pounder]] pom-pom short-range anti-aircraft gun. Anti submarine armament consisted of [[depth charge]] throwers with 40 depth charges carried.<ref name="Conways22 p57">Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 57.</ref><ref name="Hague p16">Hague 1993, p. 16.</ref>

When completed, ''Black Swan'' was not fitted with the planned quadruple pom-pom, but with two quadruple [[Vickers .50 machine gun]] mounts fitted instead. The pom-pom was installed in May 1941, and the ineffective<ref name="Conways22 p6">Gardiner and Chesneau 1980, p. 6.</ref> machine guns replaced by a single [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]] in September that year. The [[Hedgehog (weapon)|Hedgehog]] anti-submarine weapon and two more 20&nbsp;mm cannon were fitted in June 1942, and a further three cannon were fitted in 1943.<ref name="Hague p76">Hague 1993, p. 76.</ref> The ship's depth charge complement was increased to 110 during the war.<ref name="Conways22 p57"/>

After a successful 'Warship Week' National Savings campaign in March 1942 the ship was adopted by the civil community of Widnes, Lancashire

==Operational history==
''Black Swan'' was initially deployed on convoy escort missions along the British east coast, before the [[Norwegian Campaign]] caused ''Black Swan'' to be attached to the [[Home Fleet]], where it was used to provide anti-aircraft cover to the Allied landings at [[Åndalsnes]]. ''Black Swan'' was heavily engaged by German bombers before being hit by a bomb which passed through the ship before exploding, on 27 April 1940.<ref name="Hague p77">Hague 1993, p. 77.</ref><ref name="navhist black">((cite web |last=Mason |first=Geoffrey B. |title=HMS Black Swan (L 57) - Black Swan-class Sloop |url= http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-18SL-BlackSwan.htm |work=Naval-History.net |access-date=1 May 2012 |date=31 May 2011))</ref>

After repair, in June ''Black Swan'' returned to escort duty in the [[North Sea]], before being damaged by a mine on 1 November 1940. This time, the ship was under repair until May 1941, when it was transferred to [[Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches|Western Approaches Command]], escorting convoys in the [[Irish Sea]]. ''Black Swan'' was again slightly damaged by bombing in August that year and was transferred to [[Londonderry Port|Londonderry]] as part of the 37th Escort Group, escorting convoys to and from [[Gibraltar]].<ref name="Hague p77"/><ref name="navhist black"/>

[[File:MV Empire Star (1935).png|thumb|left|''Black Swan'' rescued 61 survivors from two of ((MV|Empire Star|1935|2))'s lifeboats]]
On 25 October ''Black Swan'' rescued 34 survivors in a lifeboat from the cargo ship ((MV|Empire Star|1935|2)), which had been sunk two days earlier. After a ((convert|120|nmi|mi km|abbr=on)) search the sloop rescued another 27 survivors in a second lifeboat from the same ship.((sfn|Dorling|1973|p=112)) The next month ''Black Swan'' escorted convoys in support of [[Operation Torch]].

On 2 April 1943, when escorting [[Convoy OS 45]], from [[Port of Liverpool|Liverpool]] to [[Freetown]], ''Black Swan'' and the ((sclass2|Flower|corvette)) ((HMS|Stonecrop|K142|6)) sank the [[List of successful U-boats|top-scoring]] [[U-boat]] ((GS|U-124|1940|2)) off the coast of [[Portugal]].<ref name="Blair 207">Blair 2000, p. 207.</ref>

In 1943 ''Black Swan'' for a short time saw action near Iceland to provide escort against the U-boat threat, after which she served in the Mediterranean, on Malta and Adriatic convoy protection duties. From there, ''Black Swan'' passed through the Suez Canal en route to the Asia, Far East and Pacific theatres against the Japanese forces. The ship was on active duties as far as Australia and the Philippine Islands.

At the end of hostilities in 1945 ''Black Swan'' followed the cruiser ((HMS|Belfast|C35|6)) into [[Shanghai]] and were the first Royal Navy warships to liberate Japanese concentration camps containing British and Empire prisoners.

In 1949 she took part in the [[Amethyst Incident|Yangtze Incident]] when she, with others, went to aid of ((HMS|Amethyst|U16|6)). ''Black Swan'' suffered 12 men wounded and severe damage to her superstructure in a fierce engagement with Chinese batteries and fell back. The failed relief effort cost 46 killed and 64 injured. ''Black Swan'' also served in the [[Korean War]] and was involved in the [[Battle of Chumonchin Chan]]. ''Black Swan'' was scrapped in 1956 at [[Troon]] in Scotland. She was affiliated with TS ''Black Swan'' – a Sea Cadet Corps unit in [[Walton-on-Thames]], [[Surrey]].

==Notes==
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==References==
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*((cite book |last=Blair |first=Clay |title=Hitler's U-Boat War: The Hunted 1942–1945 |year=2000 |publisher=Modern Library |place=New York |isbn=0-679-64033-9))
*((Cite Colledge2006))
*((cite book |last=Dorling (pseud. "Taffrail") |first=Henry Taprell |year=1973 |title=Blue Star Line at War, 1939–45 |place=London |publisher=[[W. Foulsham & Company Limited|W. Foulsham & Co]] |isbn=0-572-00849-X |pages=61–64, 109–113 |ref=((harvid|Dorling|1973))))
*((cite book |last1=Gardiner |first1=Robert |last2=Chesneau |first2=Roger |title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 |year=1980 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |place=London |isbn=0-85177-146-7))
*((cite book |last=Hague |first=Arnold |title=Sloops: A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946 |year=1993 |publisher=World Ship Society |place=Kendal |isbn=0-905617-67-3))
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