| Built By: | Sheerness Dockyard |
| Build Group: | Condor-class sloop |
| Fate: | Sold to the Western Shipping Company in May 1922 and renamed Vedas. Her register closed in 1937 and was broken up at Windsor, Ontario. |
Shearwater was one of six Condor Class sloops completed for the Royal Navy.
After leaving the Nore in early November, 1901 to relieve the screw sloop Icarus on the Pacific Station, Shearwater ran aground in the Strait of Magellan on 19 January, 1902. Although a Court of Enquiry assigned no blame for the incident, the Admiralty scolded navigational lieutenant Conron
She served on the Pacific Station and in 1915 was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Shearwater, serving as a submarine depot ship until 1919. She was sold to the Western Shipping Company in May 1922 and renamed Vedas. Her register was closed in 1937 and she was broken up at Windsor, Ontario.
| 10-02-1900 | Launched |
| 24-10-1901 | Commissioned |
| 07-08-1914 | Depot ship HMCS Shearwater (ex HMS Shearwater) commissioned at Esquimalt BC as submarine tender |
| Class: | 1955 - 1970: Explorer Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | Explorer |
| Fate: | |
| Decommissioned March 5, 1962 Broken Up 1965 | |
This fascinating series from HISTORY™ will explore the world of the US Navy Submariner in World War II.
We'll dive deep to periscope depth in the Pacific and hunt a convoy of Japanese freighters, surface in the Atlantic and fire upon a stricken German U-Boat, sneak into Tokyo Bay and wreck havoc upon the Japanese Fleet and learn about the men who lived and hunted under the sea, while discussing the different submarines and their use in war.
Plus we'll explore the tactics used to destroy the enemy and how submarines contributed to the final defeat of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany.
Take a journey beneath the waves and discover the incredible story behind The Submarines of World War II: The Silent Service.
Over six hours of footage across four discs tell the fascinating stories of the submarines of World War II.
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| Class: | 1955 - 1970: Explorer Class |
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | Explorer |
| Fate: | |
| Decommissioned March 5, 1962 Broken Up 1965 | |
This fascinating series from HISTORY™ will explore the world of the US Navy Submariner in World War II.
We'll dive deep to periscope depth in the Pacific and hunt a convoy of Japanese freighters, surface in the Atlantic and fire upon a stricken German U-Boat, sneak into Tokyo Bay and wreck havoc upon the Japanese Fleet and learn about the men who lived and hunted under the sea, while discussing the different submarines and their use in war.
Plus we'll explore the tactics used to destroy the enemy and how submarines contributed to the final defeat of Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany.
Take a journey beneath the waves and discover the incredible story behind The Submarines of World War II: The Silent Service.
Over six hours of footage across four discs tell the fascinating stories of the submarines of World War II.
18 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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