HMS Terpsichore (R33)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Terpsichore.
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| Name: | HMS Terpischore |
| Ordered: | 13 March 1941 |
| Builder: | William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton, Scotland |
| Laid down: | 25 November 1941 |
| Launched: | 17 June 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 20 January 1944 |
| Recommissioned: | 1954 |
| Decommissioned: | 1946 |
| Out of service: | 1960 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: R33, D48 (1945), F19 (NATO) |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Troon in May 1966 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | T-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 (68.06 km/h; 42.29 mph) |
| Complement: | 225 |
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HMS Terpsichore was a T-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War.
Second World War service
Terpsichore was commanded by Cdr. Alfred Charles Behague, OBE, DSC, RN from November 1943 to 5 January 1945 and Cdr. R.T. White, D.S.O. from 5 January 1945 until October 1945.
Postwar service
Between 1946 and 1953 Terpsichore was held in reserve at Devonport. Between 1953 and 1954 she was converted to a Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate, by Thornycroft, Woolston, with the new pennant number F19.[1] In 1955 she was placed in reserve in Devonport, undergoing a refit there in December 1957.
Decommissioning and disposal
Between 1960 and 1966 Terpsichore was held in reserve at Lisahally. She was subsequently sold for scrap and arrived at Troon on 17 May 1966.
References
- ↑ Critchley, page 62
Publications
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Critchley, Mike (1982). British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2.
- 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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