HMS Mallard (L42)

HMS Mallard in 1944
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Mallard
Ordered	21 March 1935
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse
Laid down	12 June 1935
Launched	26 March 1936
Commissioned	15 July 1936
Fate	Sold for scrap on 21 April 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Kingfisher-class sloop
Displacement	510 long tons (518 t) standard 680 long tons (691 t) full load
Length	234 ft (71 m) p/p 243 ft 3 in (74.14 m) o/a
Beam	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught	6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers Parsons geared steam turbines 3,600 shp (2,685 kW) 2 shafts 160 tons oil
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	60
Armament	As designed 1 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark V gun, 40 Depth charges

HMS Mallard was a Kingfisher-class sloop of the British Royal Navy. Completed in 1936, Mallard served through the Second World War, carrying out convoy escort operations off the east coast of the British Isles. She was sold for scrap in 1947.