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Revision as of 23:29, 1 March 2013
HMS Scourge (G01) in 1943
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History | |
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Name | HMS Scourge |
Ordered | 9 January 1941 |
Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
Laid down | 26 June 1941 |
Launched | 8 December 1942 |
Commissioned | 14 July 1943 |
Out of service | Sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy on 1 February 1946 |
History | |
Netherlands | |
Name | HNLMS Evertsen (D802) |
Acquired | 1 February 1946 |
Fate | Scrapped from July 1963 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,730 tons (standard) |
Length | 363 ft (111 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
Draught | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) Two sets of Parsons geared turbines 40,000 hp |
Speed | 36.75 knots (42.29 mph; 68.06 km/h) |
Complement | 225 |
Armament |
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Notes | list error: <br /> list (help) Badge: On a Field White. a cat-o-nine tails proper. Pennant number: G01 |
HMS Scourge (G01) was an S-class destroyer. She was built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead and launched on 8 December 1942.
She was at sea during the Battle of North Cape in 1943, escorting the Russia-bound Arctic convoy JW 55B. She took no part in the fighting.
She was sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy on 1 February 1946 and was renamed HNLMS Evertsen (D802). She was converted to a fast frigate in 1957 and was scrapped at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht from July 1963.
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References
- Raven, Alan (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
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suggested) (help) - Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.