HMS Tuscan (R56)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Tuscan.

HMS Tuscan in 1946
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tuscan
Ordered	14 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
Identification	pennant number R56/F156
Motto	I hold what I take
Fate	Scrapped 26 May 1966
General characteristics
Class and type	T-class destroyer

HMS Tuscan was a T-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that served during the Second World War and was scrapped in 1966.

Second World War service

On 7 October 1944 she and the destroyer Termagant sank the German torpedo boat TA 37.

Postwar service

Between 1946 and 1952 Tuscan was held as part of the reserve fleet in Portsmouth. In 1949 and 1950 she had a refit at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead. Between May 1952 and September 1953 she was converted into a Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate by Mount Stuart Dry Docks, Cardiff and was allocated the new pennant number F156.

In 1953 she was held as part of the Devonport Reserve, and in 1954 the Portsmouth Reserve. In 1960 she was part of the Chatham reserve and between 1961 and 1963 was part of the Portsmouth Operational Reserve. She was eventually sold to McLellan for scrap and arrived at Bo'ness for breaking up on 26 March 1966.

Publications

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• 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.
• "Italian torpedo boat class Ariete". Warshipsww2. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

External links

• Naval-History.net HMS Tuscan