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| Career (United Kingdom) |
 |
| Name: |
HMS Tuscan (R56)
HMS Tuscan (F156) |
| Ordered: |
14th March 1941 |
| Builder: |
Swan Hunter |
| Laid down: |
6 September 1941 |
| Launched: |
28 May 1942 |
| Commissioned: |
11 March 1943 |
| Reclassified: |
Converted to Type 16 frigate 1952 |
| Motto: |
I hold what I take |
| Fate: |
Scrapped 26 May 1966 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
T-class destroyer |
| Type: |
Type 16 frigate |
HMS Tuscan (R56) was a T-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was later converted to a Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F156.
[edit] References
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
[edit] External links
Naval-History.net HMS Tuscan
