HMS Magpie (U82)

Magpie in the Atlantic
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 and 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	Geared turbines, 2 shafts 4,300 hp (3,200 kW)
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
Armament	6 × 4-inch (102 mm) dual purpose guns (3 × 2) 4 × Bofors 40 mm guns in 2 twin mounts 12 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns (6 × 2) Depth charges and Hedgehog anti-submarine mortars
Service record
Part of:	7th Frigate Squadron (1955-1958)
Operations:	Battle of the Atlantic (1943-1945) Operation Neptune (1944)
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.