HMS Actaeon (U07)
HMS Actaeon was a modified Black Swan-class sloop built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was completed too late for service in that conflict, but served on the South Africa station in the post-war era.
Actaeon renamed Hipper in Bundesmarine service in 1962. | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Actaeon |
| Namesake | Actaeon |
| Ordered | 3 December 1941 |
| Builder | Thornycroft, Woolston |
| Laid down | 15 May 1944 |
| Launched | 25 July 1945 |
| Commissioned | 24 July 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number: U07 |
| Fate | Sold to Bundesmarine |
| Notes | Actaeon’s badge is on display at Selborne Graving Dock, Naval Base Simon's Town. |
| West Germany | |
| Name | Hipper |
| Namesake | Admiral Franz von Hipper |
| Commissioned | 9 December 1958 |
| Identification | Pennant number: F 214 |
| Fate | Scrapped on 25 October 1967 |
| 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; 23 mph) at 4,300 hp (3,200 kW) |
| Complement | 192 men + 1 cat |
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In 1958 she was sold to Federal Republic of Germany where she was renamed Hipper and used as a cadet training ship.
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