| Name: | SAINTES |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 08/06/1943 |
| Launched: | 16/07/1944 |
| Completed: | 27/09/1946 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 660 |
| Dimensions: | 2493disp - 3266disp, 355.0 x 40.3 x 13.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 50000shp |
| Engines by: | |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 32.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 2 x 4.5ins, 6 x 1 x 40mm, 2 x 2 x 40mm guns; |
| 2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedo tubes | |
| History: | |
| 27/09/1946 | British Royal Navy |
| 01/09/1972 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Initially fitted with a trial MkVI 4.5ins mounting fwd of the bridge |
| MkVI was replaced with the standard 4.5ins at a later date | |
| Squid depth charge mortar added during a 1950s refit | |
| 01/09/1972: Broken up at Cairnryan by Shipbreaking (Queenborough) Ltd |
Above photo showing trial MkVI in position is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo showing trial MkVI in position is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo showing standard armament is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo showing standard armament is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo showing standard armament is courtesy of Kevin Blair
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