HMS Flamingo (L18)
HMS Flamingo was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She saw service as a convoy escort during the Second World War, seeing extensive service in the Mediterranean and Far East in 1945. She was sold to Federal Republic of Germany in 1959, where she was renamed Graf Spee and used as a cadet training ship.
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HMS Flamingo (L18)
HMS Flamingo was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She saw service as a convoy escort during the Second World War, seeing extensive service in the Mediterranean and Far East in 1945. She was sold to Federal Republic of Germany in 1959, where she was renamed Graf Spee and used as a cadet training ship.
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HMS Flamingo was a Black Swan- ...... used as a cadet training ship.
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date of acquirement
1959-01-21
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1939-11-03
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laying down
1938-05-26
ship launched
1939-04-18
status
Broken up, 1965
Sold toWest Germany, 21 January 1959
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Ship acquired
1959-01-21
Ship badge
On a Field Gold,upon water in base barry wavy Blue and White a flamingo proper
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Ship completed
1939-11-03
Ship country
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United Kingdom
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West Germany
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Ship decommissioned
Ship fate
Broken up, 1965
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Ship honours
*NORTH SEA 1939-40
*NORWAY 1940
*GREECE 1941
*CRETE 1941
*LIBYA 1941
*BURMA 1944-45
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Ship identification
Pennant number F215
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Pennant number L18/F18
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Ship laid down
1938-05-26
Ship launched
1939-04-18
Ship name
Graf Spee
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HMS Flamingo
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HMS Flamingo was a Black Swan- ...... used as a cadet training ship.
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