HMS Swift was an S-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the Second World War. [1] The ship belonged to the January 1941 order of the Royal Navy from the War Emergency program. The destroyer was launched from the shipyard J. Samuel White in Cowes on 15 June 1943 and was put into service on 12 December 1943.

24th Detonated mine off SWORD beachhead and sank after breaking in two. There were 53 casualties. The photographs of the sinking HMS SWIFT were taken by Lieutenant Peter Musgrave of LCI (S).518 who was on duty off Sword Beach from D-Day until September 1944. You can see G.46 on the stern.

HMS Swift technical sheet. Creator/User: Great-Britain Denomination: G 46 – H.M.S. Swift Class: S-class destroyer. Crew: 180 sailors. Armament (1944) : 4x 120 mm guns, 2x 40 mm anti-aircraft guns, 8x 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, 8x 533 mm torpedo tubes. Displacement: 1,737 tons Speed: 36,75 knots Length: 110,57 m Beam: 10,87 m Draught: 4,32 m

On 15 January 1944, HMS Cygnet was detached to Skaalefjord, Faeroer Islands with a defective propeller. She arrived at Skaalefjord the following day. Also on the 15th, the convoy got badly scattered in a heavy gale.

An eyewitness account:24th June 1944. Almost three weeks after the audacious D-Day beach landings, extreme dangers continue both on land and at sea. Stealthy...

The German submarine U-986 was sunk south-west of Ireland, in position 50.09N, 12.51W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Swift and the British submarine chaser HMCS PC-619.

HMS Swift was an S-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The ship belonged to the January 1941 order of the Royal Navy from the War Emergency program. The destroyer was launched from the shipyard J. Samuel White in Cowes on 15 June 1943 and was put into service on 12 December 1943.

HMS Swift (viirinumero G46) oli Britannian kuninkaallisen laivaston S-luokan hävittäjä toisessa maailmansodassa. Alus tilattiin tammikuussa 1941 viidennessä hätälaivueessa (engl. 5th …

Pages 44-47 document the combat experience of HMS Saumarez (G12) in the May 1945 action against the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro and destroyer Kamikaze in the Battle of the Malacca Strait.

HMS Swift was an S-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the Second World War. [1] The ship belonged to the January 1941 order of the Royal Navy from the War Emergency program. The destroyer was launched from the shipyard J. Samuel White in Cowes on 15 June 1943 and was put into service on 12 December 1943.