| Name: | SAVAGE |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 22/08/1941 |
| Launched: | 24/09/1942 |
| Completed: | 08/06/1943 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 651 |
| Dimensions: | 1700disp - 2620disp, 339.5 x 35.7 x 10.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, Parsons type, 40000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 2 x 4.5ins QF, 2 x 1 x 4.5ins QF, 1 x 2 x 20mm AA, 4 x 2 x 20mm AA guns; |
| 2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes, 4 x depth charge throwers | |
| History: | |
| 08/06/1943 | British Royal Navy |
| 11/1962 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the S Class of destroyers |
| Mounted a trial version of the HA twin 4.5ins gun forward | |
| 11/1962: Broken up at Newport by J Cashmore |
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Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
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