HMS Mermaid (U30)
HMS Mermaid was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. Mermaid saw service as a convoy escort during the Second World War, taking part in the sinking of two German submarines while escorting Arctic convoys to and from the Soviet Union.
Mermaid underway in 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Mermaid |
| Namesake | Mermaid |
| Builder | William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Laid down | 8 September 1942 |
| Launched | 11 November 1943 |
| Completed | 12 May 1944 |
| Fate | Sold to West Germany, 5 May 1959 |
| West Germany | |
| Name | Scharnhorst |
| Namesake | Scharnhorst |
| Acquired | 5 May 1959 |
| Decommissioned | 1980 |
| Fate | Broken up, April 1990 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Modified Black Swan-class sloop |
Mermaid was sold to Federal Republic of Germany in 1959, where she was renamed Scharnhorst and used as a training ship.
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