HMS Flamingo (L18)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Flamingo and Graf Spee (disambiguation).
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.
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Flamingo in Plymouth Sound in 1949 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Flamingo |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Scotland |
Laid down | 26 May 1938 |
Launched | 18 April 1939 |
Completed | 3 November 1939 |
Identification | Pennant number L18/F18 |
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Fate | Sold to West Germany, 21 January 1959 |
Badge | On a Field Gold,upon water in base barry wavy Blue and White a flamingo proper |
History | |
West Germany | |
Name | Graf Spee |
Acquired | 21 January 1959 |
Decommissioned | 1964 |
Identification | Pennant number F215 |
Fate | Broken up, 1965 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Black Swan-class sloop |
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She was sold to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1959, where she was renamed Graf Spee and used as a cadet training ship.