HMAS Swan (U74)

	HMAS Swan in 1945
History
Australia
Namesake	Swan River
Builder	Cockatoo Island Dockyard
Laid down	1 May 1935
Launched	28 March 1936
Commissioned	21 January 1937
Decommissioned	20 September 1962
Reclassified	Training ship (1956–1962)
Motto	"Forward"
Honours and; awards	Battle honours:; Darwin 1942; Pacific 1941–45; New Guinea 1943–44; Plus one inherited battle honour;
Fate	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Grimsby-class sloop
Displacement	1,060 tons (standard), 1,500 tons (full load)
Length	266 ft 3 in (81.15 m)
Beam	36 ft (11 m)
Draught	7.5 to 10 ft (2.3 to 3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers, Parsons turbines, 2,000 shp (1,500 kW), 2 shafts
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement	135 peace, 160 war
Armament	Initial:; 3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft guns; 1 × quadruple Vickers .50 machine gun; From 1942:; 4 × QF 4 inch Mk XVI guns in 2 twin mounts; 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun; 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons; Depth Charge throwers;

HMAS Swan (U74/F74/A427), named for the Swan River, was a Grimsby-class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) that served during World War II.

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