| Name: | TUSCAN |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 06/09/1941 |
| Launched: | 28/05/1942 |
| Completed: | 01/03/1943 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1663 |
| Dimensions: | 1802disp - 2530disp, 339.5 x 35.7 x 14.2(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.75knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 4 x 1 x 2pdr guns; 2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes; |
| 4 x depth charge throwers, 2 x depth charge rails | |
| (1952: 2 x 2 x 4.0ins, 1 x 2 x 40mm, 5 x 1 x 40mm guns; 2 x Squid AS mortars) | |
| History: | |
| 01/03/1943 | British Royal Navy |
| 26/05/1966 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the T Class of emergency destroyers |
| 1952: Converted into a Type 16 frigate by Mount Stuart Dry Docks at Cardiff | |
| 26/05/1966: Arrived at Bo'ness for breaking up by P & W MacLellan Ltd |
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Above photo is copyright of Allan Green
Above photo is copyright of Allan Green
Above photo is copyright of Allan Green
After conversion. Photo is courtesy of Photoship
Being broken up at Bo'ness 07/1966. Photo is courtesy of Christine Simm