HMS Flamingo
The
HMS Flamingo (U-03) is a Black Swan-class
frigate. It was laid down by the Yarrow Shipbuilding Company, Limited, at Scotstoun in
Glasgow on
May 26,
1938, and launched on
April 18,
1939. It was completed on
November 3, 1939 and commissioned on
December 3, 1939.
The HMS Flamingo was sold to West Germany on January 1959; it was renamed to Graf Spee.