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HMS Tenacious (R 45)

Destroyer of the T class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassT 
PennantR 45 
Built byCammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.) 
Ordered13 Mar, 1941 
Laid down3 Dec, 1941 
Launched24 Mar, 1943 
Commissioned30 Oct, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryScrapped at Troon in June 1965.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. David Franks Townsend, RN
5 September 1943 – August 1945

A/Lt.Cdr. George Clement Crowley, DSC, RN
August 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Tenacious include:

21 May, 1944
The German submarine U-453 was sunk in the Ionian Sea north-east of Cape Spartivento, in position 38º13'N, 16º30'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN) and HMS Tenacious (Lt.Cdr. D.F. Townsend, RN) and the British escort destroyer HMS Liddesdale (Lt. C.J. Bateman, RN). (see map)


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