HMS Hart (U58)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Hart and Scheer (disambiguation).

Hart on the River Cllyde, January 1944
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Hart
BuilderAlexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow, Scotland
Laid down27 March 1942
Launched7 July 1943
Completed12 December 1943
IdentificationPennant number U18/F58
Honours and
awards
  • ARMADA 1599
  • CHINA 1900
  • ATLANTIC 1944-5
  • ENGLISH CHANNEL 1944
  • NORMANDY 1944
  • KOREA 1951
FateSold to West Germany, 27 April 1959
BadgeOn a Field White, a Hart statant White
History
West Germany
NameScheer
Acquired27 April 1959
Decommissioned1967
IdentificationPennant number F216
FateBroken up, 1971
General characteristics
Class and typeModified Black Swan-class sloop

She was sold to Federal Republic of Germany in 1959, where she was renamed Scheer and was used as a radar training ship.

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