Hart on the River Cllyde, January 1944
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Hart |
Builder | Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow, Scotland |
Laid down | 27 March 1942 |
Launched | 7 July 1943 |
Completed | 12 December 1943 |
Identification | Pennant number U18/F58 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Sold to West Germany, 27 April 1959 |
Badge | On a Field White, a Hart statant White |
History | |
West Germany | |
Name | Scheer |
Acquired | 27 April 1959 |
Decommissioned | 1967 |
Identification | Pennant number F216 |
Fate | Broken up, 1971 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Modified Black Swan-class sloop |
HMS Hart was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She saw service as a convoy escort during the Second World War, seeing service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Far East in 1945. She also took part in the Korean War in 1950 and 1951.
She was sold to Federal Republic of Germany in 1959, where she was renamed Scheer and was used as a radar training ship.