HMS WOODCOCK

HMS WOODCOCK
built by Fairfield Govan,
Yard No 702

Propulsion: steam, geared turbines, 2 shafts, 3600 shp, 19.25 knots
Launched: Thursday, 26/11/1942
Built: 1942
Ship Type: Modified Black Swan Sloop
Ship's Role: Black Swan class
Tonnage: 1300 tons disp
Length: 283 feet
Owner History:
Royal Navy
Status: Arrived for Scrapping - 28/11/1955

Remarks: Scrapped at Rosyth having been in reserve at west hartlepool since 1954.
Photo supplied by John Ward~McQuaid

Last updated: by Brian Hargreaves from the original records by Stuart Cameron




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