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Destroyer histories. Royal naval S and T class destroyers. Destroyer website dedicated to the history of HMS Saumarez, HMS Savage, HMS Scorpion, HMS Scourge, HMS Serapis, HMS Shark, HMS Success, HMS Swift, HMS Troubridge, HMS Teazer, HMS Tenacious, HMS Termagant, HMS Terpsichore, HMS Tumult, HMS Tuscan and HMS Tyrian from their launch to their participation in major wars also notice board for families of ex-crew of S and T Class destroyers.

Displacement : 1710 tons (HMS Saumarez and HMS Troubridge 1730 tons).  Speed : 36¾ knots.  Complement : 180 (HMS Saumarez and HMS Troubridge 225).  Armament : Four 4.7in, (HMS Savage Four 4.5in), Two 40mm AA and Eight 20mm or Twelve 20mm AA guns, Eight 21in TT
HMS Saumarez  G.12 20th November 1942 Broken up  in Charlestown October 1950.
HMS Savage   G.20 24th September 1942 Broken up at Newport 11th April 1962.
HMS Scorpion G.72  (ex Sentinel) 26th August 1942 Transferred to the Netherlands 1945 becoming Kortenaer  finally being scrapped 1963
HMS Scourge  G.01 8th December 1942 Transferred to the Netherlands 1946 becoming Evertsen  and finally scrapped 1963
HMS Serapis  G.94 25th March 1943 Transferred to the Netherlands 1945. becoming Piet Hein and later being scrapped at Ghent June 1962 
HMS Shark  G,03 1st June 1943 Joining RNN as Svenner 1944 Sunk 6th June 1944. by German surface craft  (S Boats ) off Normandy 
HMS Success  G.26 3rd April 1943 Transferred to Norway 1943 becoming Stord finally being scrapped at Burght 1959
HMS Swift  G.46  15th June 1943 Sunk 24th June 1944 by mines of Normandy 
HMS Troubridge  R.00 23rd September 1942 Broken up  May 1970 at Newport
HMS Teazer  R.23 7th January 1943 Broken up  August 1965 at Dalmuir 
HMS Tenacious  R.45 24th March 1943 Broken up  June 1965 at Troon
HMS Termagant  R.89  22nd March 1943 Broken up  November 1965 at Dalmuir 
HMS Terpsichore R.33 17th June 1943 Broken up  at Troon in May 1966.
HMS Tumult R.11 9th November 1943 Broken up  at Dalmuir  October 1965.
HMS Tuscan R.56  28th May 1942 Broken up  at Bo'ness  in May 1966.
HMS Tyrian  R.67 27th July 1942 Broken up  at Troon in March 1965.

HMS Saumarez

HMS Saumarez hit a mine in the Corfu Channel in 1946, on her way to join the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in Malta.  She was badly damaged and lost 43 of her crew in the incident. HMS Volage also hit a mine in the incident, but was less damaged, and towed HMS Saumarez clear.

HMS Saumarez after hitting a mine in the Corfu Channel in 1946.

Thanks to Martin Richards for photo and information.

HMS Savage

H.M.S. Savage moored at Scapa Flow, thought to be 1943. © Tony Davies

HMS Teazer

HMS Teazer, late 1950's. (see message board)

HMS Teazer.Contributed by email.

HMS Termagant

HMS Termagant.Contributed by email.

HMS Terpsichore

HMS Terpsichore.Contributed by email.

HMS Tumult

Photograph of HMS Tumult during World War Two courtesy of David Tyrell

HMS Tumult was built by John Brown at Clydebank and launched on 9th November 1942. She was then broken up in 1965 at Dalmuir.

HMS Tumult in Naples Bay, with Mt Vesuvius erupting in the background, 22nd April 1944.

Contributed by Jim Dunbar.

HMS Tumult.  Sent in by Terence Malone

HMS Tumult, 1943.  Sent in by Jim Dunbar

HMS Tumult at Shanghai, 1945.

Contributed by Rodger Worth.

The Ship's Company of HMS Tumult.  Photograph taken in Alexandria 1943 / 1944.

Many thanks to Jim Dunbar.

Jack Laban and other crew members of HMS Tumult, 1944. (Jack is on the left).

Contributed by nephew Dave Nash.

Jack Laban and other crew members of HMS Tumult, Alexandria, 1943. 

Contributed by nephew Dave Nash.

HMS Tyrian

HMS Tyrian.   ©Walker Archive

A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available.  Order photograph here  © Walker Archive. Order Code  PHD278

Thought to be HMS Tyrian, between March 1945 and September 1946.  Sent in by Tony Smith.
 

Naval Historians, Crew & Family Noticeboard

S & T Class destroyers, Message Board for naval enthusiasts and crew descendents of S & T Class Destroyers. This website is not part of any governmental body or official websites of S & T Class Destroyers.

Photographs and information on historical events about the aforementioned destroyers requested for this new website. If you have any information you would like to send us including photographs of crew members serving on any of these destroyers and also photographs of the ship please USE OUR MESSAGE FORM 

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HMS TUSCAN

WILLIAM GEORGE SPENCER.. My late father William George Spencer of Liverpool served on the Tuscan and I would like to hear from any of his former shipmates or anybody who can tell me about the ship and her history.   Norman Spencer nspencer@redbourne.ca 

HMS TEAZER

WILLIAM WREN..  Any information on my uncle or would love to here from anyone who served on board with my late uncle in 1957.  Contact Here

WILLIAMS.. I am searching for information and memories for my father who served on Teazer between 1944 and 1946/47. Any information appreciated contact me at mark@mgan.fsnet.co.uk 

HMS SAVAGE

BURT LUCKHURST....  I am looking info on anyone who served with my grandfather on hms savage during the second world war,he is still alive at a sprightly 85 yrs young, also any pictures would be most welcomed.  please contact Kevin. my e-mail ad is kevinohal@aol.com

JOHN TARRANT.. My father John Tarrant served on HMS Cambrian, HMS Cowdray, HMS Carron and HMS Savage just after WWII. If anyone has photos of these ships or served on them during this time and remembers my father please contact me at mikelaffan@madasafish.com 

My younger brother and I have found some family history. Alfred Fry was a stoker on HMS Savage from her commissioning in September 1942 until his discharge after the war, he wrote an account of the Scharnhorst conflict. We would like to know as much as possible on the ship's history during those years. Email us at bob_thailand@hotmail.com or redewenur@hotmail.com 

HMS Termagant

My grandfather served on HMS Termagant during WW2. I'm looking for any books that contain information about the ship, what eventually happened to it and also, try and find any crew members who remember him - Billy Allbones - who is alive and well at the tender age of 78 (ish). Can anyone help. Contact me at Paul.Broadbent@thamestv.co.uk 

HMS Tyrian

LEONARD HODGE.. I served on the Tyrian from before commissioning to when she returned to Chatham after VE Day (in Malta)  I left whilst she had a refit to go on a Japanese course.  VJ came just before I completed the course and the Tyrian was already in the Far East. I have been trying to find out what happened to her after I left her until she was scrapped in 1965. She was a lucky ship apart from two bits of damage!  The first was when we left Wallsend to go the Rosyth.  It was the first that the skipper had to bring her into a confined space - the destroyer pens.  We rammed the end of the pen and Scotland would not move so we had a neat shape cut into the bow. The second was a shrapnel hole in our funnel received in the Straits of Messina when we made a night raid to put out of action the ferry/port to prevent the evacuation of the Italian/German forces.  I was below but I was told that when the searchlights pick us up from both shores it was like daylight on the upper deck. Contact me at leonard.hodge@tinyworld.co.uk 

HMS Tumult

Your Web Site carries a photograph of HMS Tumult flying her Paying Off  pennant .I was on Tumult at that time. I have lost my copy of this photograph which was given to every member of the crew and would very much like to replace it.   Can you tell me how I can get one.   Richard Hughes .   richard@abbotsfield.fsnet.co.uk  

 'DOC' GAMBLE... My Father known as 'Doc' Gamble was sick berth attendant on HMS Tumult   contact here  

DOUGLAS BERRY.. My father-in-law served aboard HMS Tumult during WW2. He is now 80 and would like to hear from his colleagues. He was a morse op and keen footballer. contact me at mjaberry@supanet.com 

My Grandfather served on the HMS Tumult during World War II. Recently he asked me if I could find out which town adopted that ship. He thought it might be Bognor Regis but isn't sure! He would very much like to visit any Maritime Museum containing information on the Tumult. Any information gratefully received. Contact Richard Lane at ric@thorn-lane.freeserve.co.uk 

Information on HMS Tumult requested. She was believed to have docked in Australia for some time possibly for repairs and also served in the Pacific. contact military@military-art.com 

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AVIATION PRINTS

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DHM925P. Harrier in a Hyde by Geoff Lea.

Harrier in a Hyde by Geoff Lea (P)
Half Price! - £1300.00 		The Sopwith Camel was with the mainstay of the Royal Flying Corps. It is shown here downing an Albatros over the Western Front.

Sopwith Camel by Anthony Saunders. (P)
Half Price! - £3100.00 		Our Gal Sal, a veteran of over a hundred ops, returning to base in the summer of 1944. The peace of the English country side is broken by the thunder of the mighty four engined bombers and keen observers will spot the rabbit scampering along the country lane as the Forts of the Bloody 100th circle the Airbase. With one engine feathered and showing signs of the gauntlet of Flak and fighters she has had to come through, the crew know they are only moments away from the safety of home.

The Veteran by Simon Smith.
Half Price! - £70.00 		As the four P51D Mustangs of Major William T Haltons Yellow Flight, 487th Fighter Squadron took off from Asch, they found themselves in the middle of a massive German attack. That New Years Day the Luftwaffe had launched hundreds of aircraft in low level raids against the allied airfields across Northern France and Belgium. The unexpected take-off by the 487th however, ended Jagdgeswader 11s chances of success, with Yellow Flight alone claiming 9 enemy aircraft destroyed.

Dogfight over Asch, Belgium, 09.20 a.m., New Years Day, 1st January 1945 by David Pentland. (P)
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A de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth over Hatfield Aerodrome, early in 1939. Hatfield was the home of the de Havilland Aircraft Company and No.1 Elementary Flying Training School.

First Solo by John Young. (Y)
Half Price! - £30.00 		Hurricane Mk.IIC Z3971 of 253 Sqn, closing on a Heinkel 111.

Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman.
Half Price! - £45.00 		Swordfish of 825 Sqn led by Lt-Cdr Esmonde begin their heroic attack on the battlescruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen as they make their way up the English Channel from Brest during Operation Cerberus on 12th February 1942. Although all the aircraft were lost and no significant damage was done to the German fleet, all the pilots were decorated for their bravery and Lt-Cdr Esmonde received the first Fleet Air Arm VC to be awarded, albeit posthumously. The painting depicts the first wave of Swordfish attacking the Scharnhorst with Gneisenau taking avoiding action in the distance. A German torpedo boat has turned to confront the attacking aircraft.

Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman.
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Search Party Reaction by David Rowlands. (Y)
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NAVAL PRINTS

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The Atlantic ocean was the lifeline between Britain and America, as well as millions of tons of raw materials, GIs were also transported over in all manor of hastily converted liners. Protecting the troops from marauding u-boats and German surface ships was of paramount importance to the allied fleets. Although USS New York spent a good deal of the war in the Atlantic, she also participated in the Torch landings off North Africa and took part in the Pacific campaign, seeing action at both Iwo Jima and Okinowa.

Escort for the Troops - USS New York by Anthony Saunders
Half Price! - £50.00 		The cruiser HMS Frobisher dominates this scene off Houlgate at the Normandy landings of 1944. The monitor HMS Roberts lies beyond Frobisher with a Large Infantry Landing Ship or LSI (L) unshipping its LCAs on the extreme right of the picture. In the foreground, a motor launch attends a group of LCP (L)s as they head for the French beaches. Two Spitfire Mk.IXs conduct sweeps overhead as Operation Neptune gathers momentum.

HMS Frobisher and HMS Roberts at Normandy by Ivan Berryman (P)
Half Price! - £4000.00 		The Dido class cruiser HMS Naiad is pictured together with the cruiser HMS Leander during the encounter with the French Guepard in 1941 whilst they were both engaged in operations against the Vichy-French forces in Syria.

HMS Naiad by Ivan Berryman (AP)
Half Price! - £25.00 		DHM1307. Queen Elizabeth at Southampton by Ivan Berryman.

Queen Elizabeth at Southampton by Ivan Berryman.
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B63AP. HMS Malaya at Capetown by Ivan Berryman.

HMS Malaya at Capetown by Ivan Berryman (AP)
Half Price! - £25.00 		Pride of the Royal Navy, the mighty Hood rolls majestically in the north Atlantic swell as HMS Prince of Wales holds station off her starboard bow.

HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman. (Y)
Half Price! - £50.00 		The Pedestal Convoy of August 1942 was one of the most heavily protected convoys in the history of sea warfare. Fourteen of the fastest cargo ships of the time were protected by 4 carriers, 2 battleships, 7 cruisers and 32 destroyers. The destroyer HMS Ashanti is in the foreground of the painting. Also depicted are the carrier HMS Indomitable, with her Hurricanes cirling the convoy overhead, and the cargoe ship Port Chalmers to the right of the picture.

Pedestal Convoy by Anthony Saunders (B)
Half Price! - £20.00 		HMS Norfolk and HMS Belfast of Force I are shown engaging the Scharnhorst which has already been hit and disabled by both HMS Duke of York and the cruiser HMS Jamaica. Scharnhorst was never to escape the clutches of the British and Norwegian forces for, having been slowed to just a few knots by numerous hits, fell victim to repeated torpedo attacks by the allied cruisers and destroyers that had trapped the German marauder.

HMS Norfolk at the Battle of the North Cape by Ivan Berryman (AP)
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Lieut-Colonel W, Scott, the Kings (Liverpool) Regiment leads his men from the first glider, during operation broadway.

Chindits landing at Broadway, Burma, 5th / 6th March 1944 by David Rowlands (Y)
Half Price! - £30.00 		Marshal Ney charging at the head of the French cavalry against the British Squares. Of all Napoleons Generals at Waterloo none distinguished himself more than Marshal Ney, Prince of the Moskowa, the splendid warrior upon whom his Imperial master had conferred the proud title of Le Brave des Braves (The Bravest of the Brave) Twice he led the attack on the British centre, first at the head of the cavalry and then with the Old Guard, and he only retired from the field at nightfall, after five horses had been killed under him.

Marshal Ney at the Battle of Waterloo by Mark Churms.
Half Price! - £50.00 		CC089. Original art work for the book A Time of War Vol II, Come Evil Days by Chris Collingwood.
Original art work for the book A Time of War Vol II, Come Evil Days by Chris Collingwood.
Half Price! - £900.00 		On the 6th November 1792 Dumouriez defeated the Austrians under the Duke of Saxe Teshen and Clerfayt at Jemappes, near Mons. This led to the French Occupation of Belgium.
The Battle of Jemappes by Horace Vernet (B)
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Showing William III in full Black Armour at the time of the Battle of Boyne.

William III by Chris Collingwood. (Y)
Half Price! - £50.00 		Marshall Saxe the French Marshall in charge of the French army during the War of Austrian Succession which included the Battles of Fontenoy and Dettingen.
Marshall Saxe and His Troops by Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier.
Half Price! - £20.00 		<b>Ex display print with one small dent and a couple of scratches, which may be slightly noticeable once framed. </b>
Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanual Gottlieb Leutze. (Y)
Half Price! - £25.00 		Study for the original painting Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth.
Bosworth 1485 - Knight by Mark Churms. (P)
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Epsom Trophy, Polo Championship

Epsom Trophy by Mark Churms. (AP)
Half Price! - £30.00 		David Coulthard driving the 1998 McLaren MP4/13.

The Silver Arrow by Ray Goldsbrough
Half Price! - £20.00 		Saturday, 1 September, 2001. Germany had only ever lost one World Cup qualifier at home in their history - but suddenly they were torn apart by an England team playing great attacking football in Munich. Coming from behind, Michael Owen blasted a stunning hat-trick, with Steven Gerrard scoring England's 2nd and Heskey scoring the 5th goal, making the final score 5 - 1 to England. This superb painting by Darren Baker shows Heskey celebrating his goal with a jubilant Owen and Beckham also celebrating. <br><br>Germany: Kahn, Worns, Linke, Nowotny, Boehme, Hamann, Rehmer, Ballack, Deisler, Jancker, Neuville. <br><br>England: Seaman, G Neville, Ferdinand, Campbell, A Cole, Barmby, Scholes, Gerrard, Beckham, Heskey, Owen.
England v Germany 5 - 1 by Darren Baker
Half Price! - £75.00 		B40. Jean Alesi/ Benetton B.196

Jean Alesi/ Benetton B.196 by Ivan Berryman
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SFA15. Bollocks by Chris Howells.

Bollocks by Chris Howells.
Half Price! - £50.00 		SFA19. Laytown Beach by Chris Howells.
Laytown Beach by Chris Howells.
Half Price! - £45.00 		Jacques Villeneuve.

The Maple Leaf Maestro by Stuart Coffield
Half Price! - £20.00 		The legendary Welsh rugby union captain Gareth Edwards is brought to life in the triple portrait. Gareth Edwards is revered in Wales and considered one of the finest players ever. in part of the montage he is shown going over for a try against England.
Gareth Edwards by Darren Baker. (AP)
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