&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Modeste_1945_IWM_FL_22497.jpg) HMS Modeste anchored on 12 September 1945.
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Modeste |
| Namesake | Modeste |
| Ordered | 5 October 1942 |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard, Kent |
| Laid down | 15 February 1943 |
| Launched | 29 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 3 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1950s |
| Identification | Pennant number: U42 / F42 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1961 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Modified Black Swan-class sloop |
| Displacement | 1,350–1,490 long tons (1,370–1,510 t) standard |
| Length | 266 ft 6 in (81.23 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h) at 4,300 hp (3,200 kW) |
| Complement | 192 men |
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HMS Modeste was a modified Black Swan-class sloop of the British Royal Navy. She was built by Chatham Dockyard, during the Second World War, being launched on 29 January 1944 and commissioned on 3 September 1945. Post war, Modeste served with the British Far East Fleet, and took part in the Suez Crisis. She was paid off into reserve for the last time in 1958 and scrapped in 1961.