HMS Woodpecker (U08)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Woodpecker.
HMS Woodpecker, pennant number U08, was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy.[2] She was active during the Second World War and was a successful anti-submarine warfare vessel, being credited with the destruction of six U-boats.
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Woodpecker in December 1942 | |
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Name | HMS Woodpecker |
Namesake | Woodpecker |
Builder | William Denny & Brothers |
Launched | 29 June 1942 |
Commissioned | 14 December 1942 |
Motto | Inveniet qui exquirit: 'He who seeks carefully shall find' |
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Badge | On a Field White, a woodpecker clinging to a stump of a tree proper |
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Class and type | Black Swan-class sloop[2] |
Displacement | 1,350 tons |
Length | 299 ft 6 in (91.29 m) |
Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
Complement | 192 |
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Service record | |
Part of: | 2nd Support Group |
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Operations: | Battle of the Atlantic |
Victories: | 6 U-boats (shared) |
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