HMS Flamingo (L18)
Flamingo in Plymouth Sound in 1949 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Honours & awards |
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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 & type | Black Swan-class sloop |
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 the Federal Republic of Germany in 1959, where she was renamed Graf Spee and used as a cadet training ship.