HMS Savage
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HMS Savage was an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 24 September 1942. The vessel was adopted by the town of Burton upon Trent. Savage differed from the rest of the class in being fitted with a new 4.5-inch (114 mm) gun, with a twin mounting for the QF Mk III gun forward and two single QF Mk IV guns aft. The twin mount was taken from spares for the aircraft carrier Illustrious. Initially serving as part of the destroyer escort screen for capital ships, Savage joined Operation Camera off the Norwegian coast, an unsuccessful diversionary expedition to distract the enemy from the invasion of Sicily, and escorted King George V from Gibraltar to Scapa Flow. However, for the majority of the ship's career, Savage escorted convoys to the Soviet Union. In December 1943, the destroyer took part in the Battle of the North Cape which saw the destruction of the German battleship Scharnhorst. After the war, Savage was refitted as gunnery training ship. The ship was decommissioned and, on 11 April 1962, sold to be broken up.
1943 — 1960
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G20
length 110.6 metre, mass 1710 tonne, speed 36.75 knot, draft 4.32 metre, beam 10.9 metre, 4 cannon,
R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 
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Anti Submarine Warfare during the Second World War, Two New Classes of Destroyer, December 1943 A20970
HMS Savage
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