HMS Magpie (U82)
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| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Magpie |
| Namesake | Magpie |
| Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
| Launched | 24 March 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 August 1943 |
| Reclassified | As a frigate in 1947 |
| Identification | Pennant number U82 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Modified Black Swan-class sloop |
| Displacement | 1,350 tons |
| Length | 299 ft 6 in (91.29 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft 6 in (11.73 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Range | 7,500 nmi (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 192 |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | 7th Frigate Squadron (1955-1958) |
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| Victories: | U-592, U-238, U-734 (1944) |
HMS Magpie, pennant number U82, was a Royal Navy Modified Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1943 and broken up in 1959. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to bear the name. She was reclassified as a frigate in 1947, receiving a new pennant number F82. The ship was the only vessel commanded by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who took command on 2 September 1950, when he was 29.