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HMS ''Magpie'', pennant number U82, was a Royal Navy Modified sloop launched in 1943 and broken up in 1959. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to bear the name. The ship was the only vessel commanded by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who took command on 2 September 1950. ==Service history== Commissioned on 30 August 1943, during October–November 1943 ''Magpie'' was part of the 2nd Support Group in the North Atlantic. On 31 January 1944 on North Atlantic convoy escort duties, ''Magpie'' along with the sloops and intercepted and sank, by depth charges, German submarine which was on its way to France for repairs. The following month saw ''Magpie'' involved in destroying and . After serving as an escort during the D-Day amphibious Allied landings in Normandy, ''Magpie'' served in British coastal waters, operating from Greenock as an escort to the Gibraltar convoys. Along with others in the ''Black Swan'' class she was officially reclassified as a frigate in 1947, also receiving a new pennant number F82''. ''Magpie'' did duty in Trieste following riots there over the city’s future, which was contended between Italy and Yugoslavia. At this time she was based in Malta, as part of the 3rd Frigate Flotilla. This Flotilla took part in patrols preventing illegal immigrants following the formation of Israel. She returned to Portsmouth in 1954 where was placed in reserve.〔Marriott, Leo (1983). Royal Navy Frigates 1945-1983. Ian Allen Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7110-1322-3 p.15〕 She was commanded by Lieutenant-Commander HRH The Duke of Edinburgh from 2 September 1950 until 1952, in the Mediterranean. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.〔Souvenir Programme, ''Coronation Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 15th June 1953'', HMSO, Gale and Polden〕 On 3 March 1955 ''Magpie'' left Portsmouth to steam to the 7th Frigate Squadron at Simonstown, South Africa. Due to be relieved at the Cape Station by her sister ship , boiler problems meant the crew were changed. ''Magpie’s'' crew returned to the UK in ''Sparrow''. In 1958 ''Magpie'' had her tour of duty at the Cape Station finally completed; she sailed back for the UK for paying off, and was broken up by Hughes Bolckow, Blyth, Northumberland on 12 July 1959. HMS ''Magpie'' stood in for the moving shots of in the film ''Yangtse Incident'' in 1957. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Magpie (U82)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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