HMAS Swan (U74)

Grimsby-class

HMAS Swan General Characteristics
Displacement:	1,060 tons (standard) 1500-1515 tons (full load)
Length:	266 ft o/a (79.8 m)
Beam:	36 ft (10.8 m)
Draught:	7 ft 6 in (2.25 m)
Propulsion:	Parsons, steam turbines, 2 shafts, 2,000 shp
Speed:	16.5 knots
Complement:	135 men
Armament (RAN):	3 x 4 in AA 4 x 3 pdr 1 x MG 2 x Depth Charge Throwers 2 x twin tubes for 21 in torpedoes
Cost:	220 000 pounds for Australian built ships

HMAS Swan (U74, later F74, later A427), the second ship to bear that name, was a Grimsby class sloop of the Royal Australian Navy that served during World War II. She was laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 1 May 1935, launched on 28 March 1936 and commissioned on 21 January 1937. The Swan served as an escort and patrol vessel during World War II and escorted many convoys in Australian waters and the South-West Pacific. The Swan was damaged during the first air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942. General Eather, GOC Australian 11th Division, accepted the surrender of Japanese forces in New Ireland from General Ito on board Swan on 18 September 1945. Swan paid off to reserve on 18 August 1950, was converted to a training ship between October 1954 and February 1956 and recommissioned on 10 February 1956. Swan paid off for disposal on 20 September 1962 and was sold for scrap to Hurley and Dewhurst of Sydney on 5 June 1964.