"S", "T", "U", "V" and "W" destroyers (SCORPION) (40, 1943

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Ulster 1960

Ships

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate	Modification
Saumarez	G12 - D12	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	9/1941	20/11/1942	7/1943	damaged 22/10/1946, never repaired, BU 9/1950	"S" group
Savage	G20, 1948- D27	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	12/1941	24/9/1942	6/1943	BU 4/1962	"S" group
Scorpion (ex-Sentinel)	G72	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	6/1941	26/8/1942	5/1943	to Netherlands 10/1945 (Kortenaer)	"S" group
Scourge	G01	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	6/1941	8/12/1942	7/1943	to Netherlands 2/1946 (Evertsen)	"S" group
Serapis	G94	Scotts, Greenock	8/1941	25/3/1943	12/1943	to Netherlands 10/1945 (Piet Hein)	"S" group
Shark	G03	Scotts, Greenock	11/1941	1/6/1943	3/1944 // ---	to Norway at completion 3/1944 (Svenner)	"S" group
Success	G26	White, Cowes	2/1942	3/4/1943	9/1943 // ---	to Norway before completion 4/1943 (Stord)	"S" group
Swift	G46	White, Cowes	6/1942	15/6/1943	12/1943	sunk 24/6/1944	"S" group
Troubridge	R00, 1948- D09	John Brown, Clydebank	11/1941	23/9/1942	3/1943	BU 2/1970	"T" group
Teazer	R23, 1948- D23	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	10/1941	7/1/1943	9/1943	BU 8/1965	"T" group
Tenacious	R45, 1948- D45	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	12/1941	24/3/1943	10/1943	BU 6/1965	"T" group
Termagant	R89, 1948- D189	Denny, Dumbarton	11/1941	22/3/1943	10/1943	BU 11/1965	"T" group
Terpsichore	R33, 1948- D119	Denny, Dumbarton	11/1941	17/6/1943	1/1944	BU 5/1966	"T" group
Tumult	R11, 1948- D121	John Brown, Clydebank	11/1941	9/11/1942	4/1943	BU 10/1965	"T" group
Tuscan	R56, 1948- D156	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	9/1941	28/5/1942	3/1943	BU 5/1966	"T" group
Tyrian	R67, 1948- D67	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	10/1941	27/7/1942	4/1943	BU 3/1965	"T" group
Grenville	R97, 1948- D197	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	11/1941	12/10/1942	5/1943	BU 2/1983	"U" group
Ulster	R83, 1948- D83	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	11/1941	9/11/1942	6/1943	BU 11/1980	"U" group
Ulysses	R69, 1948- D17	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	3/1942	22/4/1943	12/1943	BU 11/1979	"U" group
Undaunted	R53, 1948- D53	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	9/1942	19/7/1943	3/1944	sunk as target 11/1978	"U" group
Undine	R42, 1948- D142	Thornycroft, Woolston	3/1942	1/6/1943	12/1943	BU 11/1965	"U" group
Urania	R05, 1948- D08	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	6/1942	19/5/1943	1/1944	BU 3/1971	"U" group
Urchin	R99, 1948- D196	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	3/1942	8/3/1943	9/1943	BU 8/1967	"U" group
Ursa	R22, 1948- D200	Thornycroft, Woolston	5/1942	22/7/1943	3/1944	BU 9/1967	"U" group
Hardy	R08	John Brown, Clydebank	1942	18/3/1943	8/1943	sunk 30/1/1944	"V" group
Algonquin (ex-Valentine (ex-Kempenfelt), (RCN 2/1944)	R17, 1948- D217, 1951- DDE224	John Brown, Clydebank	10/1942	2/9/1943	2/1944	BU 4/1971	"V" group
Venus	R50, 1948- D50	Fairfield, Govan	1/1942	23/2/1943	8/1943	target 10/1968, BU 12/1972	"V" group
Verulam	R28, 1948- D28	Fairfield, Govan	1/1942	22/4/1943	12/1943	BU 10/1972	"V" group
Vigilant	R93, 1948- D93	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	1/1942	22/12/1942	9/1943	BU 6/1965	"V" group
Virago	R75, 1948- D75	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	2/1942	4/2/1943	11/1943	BU 6/1965	"V" group
Sioux (ex-Vixen) (RCN 2/1944)	R64, 1948- D64, 1951- DDE225	White, Cowes	10/1942	14/9/1943	2/1944	BU 8/1965	"V" group
Volage	R41, 1948- D41	White, Cowes	12/1942	15/12/1943	5/1944	BU 11/1972	"V" group
Kempenfelt (ex-Valentine)	R03, 1948- D103	John Brown, Clydebank	2/1942	8/5/1943	10/1943	to Yugoslavia 10/1956 (Котор )	"W" group
Wager	R98, 1948- D298	John Brown, Clydebank	11/1942	1/11/1943	4/1944	to Yugoslavia 10/1956 (Пула )	"W" group
Wakeful (ex-Zebra)	R59, 148- D159	Fairfield, Govan	6/1942	30/6/1943	2/1944	BU 7/1971	"W" group
Wessex (ex-Zenith)	R78, 1948- D178	Fairfield, Govan	10/1942	2/9/1943	5/1944	to South Africa 3/1950 (Jan van Riebeck)	"W" group
Whelp	R37, 1948- D237	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	5/1942	3/6/1943	4/1944	to South Africa 2/1953 (Simon van der Stel)	"W" group
Whirlwind	R87, 1948- D187	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	7/1942	30/8/1943	7/1944	sunk as target 29/10/1974	"W" group
Wizard	R72, 1948- D42	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	9/1942	29/9/1943	3/1944	BU 3/1967	"W" group
Wrangler	R48, 1948- D157	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow	9/1942	30/12/1943	7/1944	to South Africa 11/1956 (Vrystaat)	"W" group

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	36.75	36.75	36.75
Displacement standard, t	1780 - 1810	2240	1793
Displacement full, t	2505 - 2545	2850	2593
Length, m	103.5 pp 110.6 oa	103.5 pp 109.2 oa	103.5 pp 109.2 oa
Breadth, m	10.9	10.9	10.9
Draught, m	4.32 - 4.37 deep load	4.20 - 4.30	4.90 deep load
No of shafts	2	2	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	40000	40000	40000
Fuel, t	oil 588
Endurance, nm(kts)	4675(20)	3000 (20) (with 476 t of oil)	1700 (20)
Armament	4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk VIII/IX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) Savage: 1 x 2 - 114/45 QF Mk III, 2 x 1 - 114/45 QF Mk IV, 6 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) Ulysses, Volage, Whelp, Wessex: 4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 1 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) Scorpion: 4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 5 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) Terpsichore, Urchin: 4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 6 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) Troubridge, Tyrian: 4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) Tuscan: 4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC) Tumult: 4 x 1 - 120/45 QF Mk IX, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 x 1 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (70 - 130 DC)	early conversions: 1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 533 TT (8), 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL later conversions: 1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 AWSRL Algonquin: 1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 2 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL	1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 9, 1 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 3 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	Savage, Tumult: type 272, type 285, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar other S, T: type 271, type 285, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar Grenville, Ulysses, Undaunted, Undine, Ursa, Hardy, Vigilant, Kempenfelt: type 272, type 285, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar Urchin, Ulster, Urania, other V, W: type 276, type 285, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar	early conversions: type 262, type 278, type 293 radars, type 147B, type 174 sonars, UA-3 ECM suite type 278, type 262, type 293 radars, type 170, type 174 sonars, UA-3 ECM suite	type 293, type 974 radars, type 147B, type 174P sonars, UA-3 ECM suite
Complement	180 - 225	195	170 - 180

Standard scale images

Grenville 1944

Savage 1944

Graphics

Ulster 1960

Teazer 1957

Ship project history

By designing of 8 ships of "S" class, ordered in 1941, attempt considerably has been made to strengthen antiaircraft armament as at the expense of transition from 40mm quadruple pompom to the newest twin 40mm Bofors-Hazemayer MG with radar aiming, and introductions of 120mm/45 guns in mounts with elevation angle increased to 55°. Shield of this mount had strongly oblique face, that together with stem fulfilled on Tribal class with bigger, than at "J" class, declination (for decrease of splashing on full speed), gave to the new ships very elegant kind. Under the design armament supplemented 4 single Oerlikons, however by the moment of the completion there was a possibility to change them on the twin MG of the same brand. At the same time, because of an availability delay, Hazemayers have not got on Scorpion and Savage on which their absence indemnified by increasing of Oerlikons number. Latter has been chosen for tests of twin 114mm DP turret mount created for "Battle" class: the first in the RN, intended for placing on so small ship as destroyer. Two single mounts of same 114mm calibre were placed aft, in order to avoid problems with supply by shells of two different types. Thus, this destroyer carried at once two new artillery systems (114mm single mounts were planed to introduce on subsequent destroyer classes).

The ships of two following classes, "Т" and "U", were designed on "S" class specification (difference was only in absence of the Arctic equipment). Shortage of Hazemayers has also affected: only three ships of "T" class were entered service with designed armament. Tumult was equipped with two experimental fixed torpedo tubes instead of the TT No1, soon after completion they were removed and replaced by regular TT bank.

The last 16 ships of "V" and "W" classes differed by Arctic equipment ("V" class, it is demounted early 1945) and transition to a new fire control system ("W" class). Only three of them not received Hazemayers.

Modernizations

mid-1943, Tumult: - 2 x 1 - 533 TT; + 1 x 4 - 533 TT

early 1944, Terpsichore: - 2 x 2 - 20/70; + 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk VIII/IX

early 1944, Troubridge, Tyrian, Tumult: - 2 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk VIII/IX

early 1944, Tuscan: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk VIII/IX

1944, Scorpion: - 1 x 2 - 20/70; + 1 x 4 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII

1945, almost all: - type 271 radar or type 272 radar, type 291 radar; + type 276 radar, type 293 radar

1945, Saumarez, Urania, Venus, Vigilant: - 4 x 2 - 20/70; + 4 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III

1945, Termagant, Tumult, Tuscan: - 4 x 2 - 20/70; + 5 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III

1945, Troubridge, Teazer, Tenacious, Terpsichore, Tyrian, Sioux: - 2 x 2 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III

1945, Urchin: - 2 x 2 - 20/70; + 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors Mk VIII/IX

1945, Volage: - 4 x 2 - 20/70; + 6 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III

1945, Verulam: - 2 x 2 - 20/70; + 4 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III

1945, Kempenfelt, Wager, Wessex, Whelp: + 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III

1945, Wakeful: - 2 x 2 - 20/70; + 3 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk III

1945, Wizard: - 2 x 2 - 20/70; + 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII

1/1946, Saumarez: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Scourge: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Savage: 1 x 2 - 114/45 RP.10 Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 114/45 Mk V, 6 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Teazer, Tenacious: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Termagant: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 5 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Troubridge, Tyrian: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Terpsichore: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP MK XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Tumult: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 5 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Tuscan: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 5 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Grenville, Ulster, Undaunted, Undine, Ursa: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Urania: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Ulysses: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Urchin: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP MK XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Venus, Vigilant: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Verulam: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Virago: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Volage: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 6 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Kempenfelt, Wager: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Wakeful: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Whirlwind, Wrangler: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Wizard: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk IV Hazemeyer, 2 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1/1946, Whelp, Wessex: 4 x 1 - 120/45 CP Mk XXII, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 1 x 4 - 40/39 Mk VII, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130), type 276, type 285, type 291 or type 293 radars, type 144 sonar

1952 - 1957, type 15 frigates, as follows. Ships had taken fully new silhouette, forecastle was enlarged and new aluminium alloy superstructure fitted.