HMS Wild Goose (U45)
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HMS Wild Goose, pennant number U45, was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was one of several ships of that class that took part in the famous "six in one trip" in 1943 (in which six U-boats were sunk in one patrol).
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HMS Wild Goose in April 1943 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Wild Goose |
Ordered | 13 April 1940 |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Yard number | 1762 |
Laid down | 28 January 1942 |
Launched | 14 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 11 March 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1955 |
Identification | Pennant number U45/F45 |
Motto | Alert to evil |
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Fate | Scrapped 26 February 1956 |
Badge | On a field white, a Wild Goose in Flight Proper |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Black Swan-class sloop |
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