HMS Wild Goose (U45)
HMS Wild Goose in April 1943 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Wild Goose |
| Ordered | 13 April 1940 |
| Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders |
| Yard number | 1762 |
| Laid down | 28 January 1942 |
| Launched | 14 October 1942 |
| Commissioned | 11 March 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1955 |
| Identification | Pennant number U45/F45 |
| Motto | Alert to evil |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Scrapped 26 February 1956 |
| Badge | On a field white, a Wild Goose in Flight Proper |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Black Swan-class sloop |
HMS Wild Goose, pennant number U45, was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was one of several ships of that class that took part in the famous "six in one trip" in 1943 (in which six U-boats were sunk in one patrol).