| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Modified Black Swan |
| Pennant | U 96 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 27 Mar 1941 |
| Laid down | 29 Nov 1942 |
| Launched | 11 Dec 1943 |
| Commissioned | 10 May 1944 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped 7 May 1958. |
Commands listed for HMS Peacock (U 96)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Richard Been Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR | 3 Mar 1944 | Jun 1945 |
| 2 | A/Lt.Cdr. Frederick Meares Osborne, DSC, RANVR | 25 Jun 1945 | late 1945 |
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Notable events involving Peacock include:
29 Jun 1944
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. D.S. Brown, RNVR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMS Bamborough Castle (T/Lt. M.S. Work, DSC and Bar, RNR) and HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR). (1)
30 Jun 1944
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. D.S. Brown, RNVR) conducted exercises off Tobermory with HMS Bamborough Castle (T/Lt. M.S. Work, DSC and Bar, RNR) and HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR). (1)
12 Jul 1944
HMS Shakespeare (Lt. D. Swanston, DSC and Bar, RN) conducted A/S exercises with HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR). (2)
7 Aug 1944
HMS Tiptoe (Lt.Cdr. P.R.H. Harrison, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR), HMS Cygnet (Cdr. D.M. MacLean, RD, RNR) and HMCS Assiniboine (A/Lt.Cdr. R.P. Welland, DSC, RCN). (3)
8 Aug 1944
HMS Tiptoe (Lt.Cdr. P.R.H. Harrison, DSO, DSC and Bar, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Larne with HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR) and HMS Cygnet (Cdr. D.M. MacLean, RD, RNR). (3)
2 Sep 1944
German U-boat U-394 was sunk in the Norwegian Sea some nautical miles south-east of Jan Mayen island, Norway, in position 69°47'N, 04°10'E, by rockets and depth charges from a Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 825) from the British escort carrier HMS Vindex (Capt. H.T.T. Bayliss, RN), and the British destroyers HMS Keppel (Cdr. I.J. Tyson, DSO, DSC, RNR) and HMS Whitehall (Lt.Cdr. P.J. Cowell, DSC, RN) and the British sloops HMS Mermaid (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Mosse, RN) and HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RNR).
16 Sep 1944
HMS Unrivalled (Lt. D.S. Brown, RNVR) conducted exercises off Larne with HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR). (4)
19 Nov 1944
HMS Safari (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted attack exercises for the C.O.Q.C. (Commanding Officers Qualifying Course) in the Clyde area during which HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR) and HMS Milford (Lt.Cdr. G.G. Slade, RN) served as targets. These included night exercises. (5)
28 Dec 1944
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S and attack exercises in the Clyde area with HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR). (6)
3 Jan 1945
HMS Stubborn (Lt. A.G. Davies, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Campbeltown with HMS Hart (A/Cdr.(Retd.) H.F.G. Leftwich, RN) and HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR). (7)
17 Feb 1945
HMS Vengeful (Lt. A.S. Melville-Ross, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Loch Alsh with HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RD, RNR) and HMS Magpie (Lt.Cdr. G.O. Symonds, DSC, RN). (8)
Sources
- ADM 173/19224
- ADM 173/18719
- ADM 173/19028
- ADM 173/19227
- ADM 173/18626
- ADM 173/19365
- ADM 173/18861
- ADM 173/20257
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.