HMS Scourge (G01)
_underway_c1943.jpg) HMS Scourge (G01) in 1943 | |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Scourge |
| Ordered: | 9 January 1941 |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 26 June 1941 |
| Launched: | 8 December 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 14 July 1943 |
| Out of service: | Sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy on 1 February 1946 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: G01 |
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| Badge: | On a Field White. a cat-o-nine tails proper |
| Career (Netherlands) |  |
| Name: | HNLMS Evertsen |
| Acquired: | 1 February 1946 |
| Identification: | D802 |
| Fate: | Scrapped from July 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | S-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,730 tons (standard) |
| Length: | 363 ft (111 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | Two sets of Parsons geared turbines 40,000 hp (30,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 36.75 knots (42.29 mph; 68.06 km/h) |
| Complement: | 225 |
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HMS Scourge was an S-class destroyer. She was built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead and launched on 8 December 1942.
Service history
She was at sea during the Battle of North Cape in 1943, escorting the Russia-bound Arctic convoy JW 55B. She took no part in the fighting.
Postwar
She was sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy on 1 February 1946 and was renamed HNLMS Evertsen (D802). During the Korean War she was part of the diverse Task Force 96 in the US Seventh Fleet, and saw service during the Battle of Pusan Perimeter. She was converted to a fast frigate in 1957 and was scrapped at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht from July 1963.
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Evertsen (D802) at Yokosuka 1951.
Notes
References
- Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4.
- Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1.
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