Royal Navy — Destroyer
G46
HMS Swift (G46)
Service
- as Swift12 December 1943 — 24 June 1944195 days of the war
S-class destroyer
Particulars
- Name
- HMS Swift
- Pennant / hull number
- G46
- Builder
- J. Samuel White, Cowes
- Ordered
- 9 January 1941
- Laid down
- 12 June 1942
- Launched
- 15 June 1943
- Commissioned
- 12 December 1943
- Fate
- Sunk by mine on 24 June 1944
By mine (1944) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,710 long tons (1,737 t)
- Length
- 110.34 m (362 ft)
- Beam
- 10.67 m (35 ft)
- Draught
- 3.05 m (10 ft)
HMS Swift was a S-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number G46. Her keel was laid at J. Samuel White, Cowes on 12 June 1942. Launched on 15 June 1943, she entered service on 12 December 1943.
111 ships of the class were built.
She displaced 1,710 long tons. She measured 110.3 m (362 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft).
Her machinery developed 40,000 shp.
She was in commission for 195 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 24 June 1944 by mine. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- twin screws
- steam turbines
- Power
- 40,000 shp
Sister ships
- HMS P222
- HMS P551
- HMS Sabre (H18)
- HMS Safari
- HMS Saga
- HMS Sahib
- HMS Saladin
- HMS Salmon (N65)
- HMS Saracen (P247)
- HMS Sardonyx
- HMS Satyr (P214)
- HMS Saumarez (G12)
- HMS Sceptre (P215)
- HMS Scorcher
- HMS Scorpion (G72)
- HMS Scotsman (P243)
- HMS Scourge (G01)
- HMS Scout (1918)
- HMS Scythian
- HMS Sea Devil
- HMS Sea Nymph (P223)
- HMS Sea Rover
- HMS Sea Scout
- HMS Seadog
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Swift (G46) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 7061 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons