| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | T |
| Pennant | R 56 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
| Ordered | 13 Mar 1941 |
| Laid down | 6 Sep 1941 |
| Launched | 28 May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 11 Mar 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Scrapped at Bo'ness in May 1966. |
Commands listed for HMS Tuscan (R 56)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. George Ian Mackintosh Balfour, RN | 24 Jan 1943 | ??? | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Cecil Hugo de Boisville Newby, RN | 12 Jul 1943 | Mar 1944 | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Ernest Norman Wood, DSC, RNVR | Mar 1944 | 22 Jan 1945 | |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Peter Barthrop North Lewis, DSC, RN | 22 Jan 1945 | mid 1946 | |
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Noteable events involving Tuscan include:
14 May 1945
HMS Tuscan (Lt.Cdr. G.I.M. Balfour, RN) is damaged when she hits a drifting mine in the Bristol Channnel. She is out of action for about 4 months.
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