HMS Savage (G20)

HMS Savage at anchor in December 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Savage
Ordered	9 January 1941
Builder	R&W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co, Hebburn
Yard number	651
Laid down	7 December 1941
Launched	24 September 1942
Completed	8 June 1943
Identification	Pennant number: G20
Honours and awards	Arctic 1943–44 North Cape 1943
Fate	Broken up in Newport on 11 April 1962.
Badge	On a Field White a savage affronte holding a club Proper
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,710 long tons (1,737 t) (standard nominal) 1,780 long tons (1,809 t) (actual) 2,505 long tons (2,545 t) (deep load)
Length	339 ft 6 in (103.48 m) pp 362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) oa
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Draught	10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
Propulsion	2 shaft Parsons geared turbines 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers 40,000 shp (30,000 kW)
Speed	36.75 knots (68.06 km/h; 42.29 mph)
Range	4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	179
Sensors and processing systems	Type 272 radar fitted amidships and Type 291 radar mounted on tripod mast
Armament	2 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) QF Mk III guns (1×2) 2 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) QF Mk IV guns (2×1) 12 × 20 mm anti-aircraft guns (5x2 and 2x1) 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×4) 4 x depth charge throwers with 70 to 130 depth charges

HMS Savage was an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy launched on 24 September 1942. The vessel was adopted by the town of Burton upon Trent. Savage differed from the rest of the class in being fitted with a new 4.5-inch (114 mm) gun, with a twin mounting for the QF Mk III gun forward and two single QF Mk IV guns aft. The twin mount was taken from spares for the aircraft carrier Illustrious. Initially serving as part of the destroyer escort screen for capital ships, Savage joined Operation Camera off the Norwegian coast, an unsuccessful diversionary expedition to distract the enemy from the invasion of Sicily, and escorted King George V from Gibraltar to Scapa Flow. However, for the majority of the ship's career, Savage escorted convoys to the Soviet Union. In December 1943, the destroyer took part in the Battle of the North Cape which saw the destruction of the German battleship Scharnhorst. After the war, Savage was refitted as gunnery training ship. The ship was decommissioned and, on 11 April 1962, sold to be broken up.