Derek Law Bibliography

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BROWN, Les. Black Swan Class Sloops: Detailed in the Original Builders' Plans. 128p., bibliog., illus., index. Barnsley: Seaforth, 2020. ISBN: 9781526765963.

Based on copies of the builder’s plans held in the Imperial War Museum, this beautifully illustrated book shows the plans for one of the best escort ship designs. The design was gradually improved and this book uses plans of four selected ships to chart that development. These comprise: Black Swan as built; Flamingo as modified later; Starling, the single most successful U-boat hunter of the war, as in 1943; and Amethyst, as refitted after her clash with Chinese communists on the Yangtze in 1949.