Close. The studies carried out by the MoD for a future multi-role warship eventually produced the Black Swan II class. British Modified Black Swan Class Sloop Port bow view Starboard bow view Port broadside view Starboard broadside view Port quarter view Starboard quarter view Bow view BLACK SWAN-Class Sloop ordered from Yarrow's of Scotstoun, Glasgow on 1st January 1938 under the 1937 Build Programme.The ship was laid down on 20th June 1938 and launched on 17th July 1939 by Mrs Hogarth.She was the first RN ship to carry this name and build was completed on 27th January 1940. Black Swan-class sloop HMS Crane (F123) leaving Singapore. Scratch built Swan class sloop of war. 26 february 1942, londonderry. They had a rather moderate speed but outgunned their foreign counterparts in terms of firepower and rate of fire. from Admiralty Models!!! T-class submarine HMS Teredo (S38) is also present. The above set, augmented by copies of contemporary plans of a Swan or Echo class ship-rigged sloop from the National Maritime Museum (now Royal Museums Greenwich), makes a fully authentic model possible. HMS Pegasus, 1767. The future ‘Black Swan’ class sloop-of-war is a manned ship that will act as the core for a group of manned and unmanned platforms which, as an integrated system, will provide the units of power required by those surface assets tasked with the protection of Sea Lines of Communication and sea control. This class was admired for its sea-going qualities. During the Second World War, 37 ships of the Black Swan class were built for convoy escort duties. I would like people to post plans for Sloop of War ships dating from 1680-1830 here. This volume is devoted to the sloops of the Black Swan class and its improved derivatives, widely regarded as the 'Rolls-Royce' of World War II convoy escorts. I had heard of it before and did some more reading about it today and was curious about what you guys think about it. With care, time and patience you can produce a model like the one shown here. 24 TO 29 APRIL 1945, GLADSTONE DOCK, LIVERPOOL. [800 x 635] Sheet B provides rigging plan and sheer drawings (8 drawings). This class was admired for its sea-going qualities. The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy.Twelve Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943, including four for the Royal Indian Navy; twenty-five Modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945, including two for the Royal Indian Navy; several other ships were cancelled. Latest News . Commissioned carved work starting at $300, depending on complexity. A 28508. The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat.