Interesting Facts about HMS Whimbrel

HMS Whimbrel was designed for the anti-submarine and anti-aircraft defence of merchant convoys, they came to be regarded as the “Rolls Royce” of wartime escort vessels and, as such, were considered a prime command and allocated to many of the best officers.
HMS Whimbrel was ordered from the famous Yarrow shipyard in Glasgow on 13th April 1940 as job number J1861, HMS WHIMBREL was one of only twenty-nine modified BLACK SWAN class sloops.
She played a supporting role in the Sicily and Normandy landings.
She was one of the vessels chosen to represent the Royal Navy at the September 1945 surrender ceremony in Tokyo Bay that marked the end of the Second World War.
She is one of less than a handful of remaining major Royal Navy warships from the Second World War and is the only one to remain in anything like original condition.
She still has her original armament, as well as many fixtures and fittings still intact, she represents a virtual treasure trove of life at sea during the Second World War.