HMS Chanticleer at the Clyde in 1943.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Chanticleer |
Namesake | Chanticleer |
Ordered | 9 January 1941 |
Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
Laid down | 6 June 1941 |
Launched | 24 September 1942 |
Commissioned | 29 March 1943 |
Renamed |
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Identification | Pennant number: U05 |
Motto | Vigil antibus Non Dormientibus ("To watchers not to sleepers")[1] |
Fate | Scrapped in 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Modified Black Swan-class sloop |
Displacement | 1,350 tons |
Length | 283 ft (86 m) |
Beam | 38.5 ft (11.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) at 4,300 hp (3,200 kW) |
Complement | 192 men + 1 Cat |
Armament |
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HMS Chanticleer was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton on 6 June 1941, launched on 24 September 1942 and commissioned on 29 March 1943, with the pennant number U05.[2]