- S and T class destroyer
The S and T class was a class of sixteen
destroyer s of theRoyal Navy launched in1942 –1943 . They were built as two flotillas, known as the 5th and 6th Emergency Flotilla respectively and they served asfleet andconvoy escorts inWorld War II .Design features
The S class, introduced the CP (central pivot) Mark XXII mounting for the
QF Mark XII 4.7 in guns. This new mounting had a shield with a sharply raked front, to allow increased elevation (to 55 degrees), contrasting noticeably with the vertical front of the previous CP Mark XVIII, and easily differentiated the S class onwards from their immediate predecessors. The "Savage" was the exception in this respect, being fitted with four 4.5 in guns; a twin mounting forward and two singles aft.The quadruple mounting Mark VII for the QF 2 pounder pom-poms was replaced by the twin mounting Mark IV for the 40 mm Bofors gun. Known as the "
Hazemeyer " (or "Haslemere"), this advanced mounting was tri-axially stabilised in order that a target could be kept in the sights on the pitching deck of a destroyer and was fitted with an analog fire control computer and Radar Type 282, a metric range finding set. The Hazemeyer design had been brought to Britain by the Dutch minelayer "Willem van der Zaan" that escaped German occupation in May 1940.class
*"Saumarez"
*"Savage"
*"Scorpion"
*"Scourge"
*"Serapis"
*"Shark" (to Norway as "Svenner") (lost on6 June 1944 )
*"Success" (to Norway as "Stord")
*"Swift" (lost on24 June 1944 )T class
*"Teazer"
*"Tenacious"
*"Termagant"
*"Terpsichore"
*"Troubridge"
*"Tumult"
*"Tuscan"
*"Tyrian"ee also
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Type 15 frigate : postwar full conversion of Wartime Emergency Programme destroyers into first-rate fast anti-submarinefrigate s
*Type 16 frigate : postwar partial conversion of Wartime Emergency Programme destroyers into second-rate fast anti-submarine frigatesBibliography
* "Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893–1981", Maurice Cocker, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-1075-7
* "Royal Navy Destroyers since 1945", Leo Marriot, Ian Allan, ISBN 0-7110-1817-0
* "Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922-1946", Ed. Robert Gardiner, Naval Institute Press, ISBN 0-87021-913-8
* "Destroyers of World War Two : An International Encyclopedia", M J Whitley, Arms and Armour Press, 1999, ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
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