HMS Saumarez

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HMS Saumarez was an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, completed on 1 July 1943. As a flotilla leader, her standard displacement was 20 tons heavier than other ships of her class. She continued the tradition of flotilla leaders being named after prominent British seamen, in her case Vice-Admiral James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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G12
mass 1710 tonne, length 110.6 metre, speed 36.75 knot, draft 4.32 metre, beam 10.9 metre, 4 4.7 inch QF Mk IX,XII gun
S and T-class destroyerdestroyerR. & W. Hawthorn, Royal NavyUnited Kingdom


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    British Cemetery in Corfu, Greece (2018)British Cemetery in Corfu, Greece (2018)
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