Allied Warships

HMS Savage (G 20)

Destroyer of the S class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassS 
PennantG 20 
Built byHawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Dec 1941 
Launched24 Sep 1942 
Commissioned8 Jun 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Scrapped at Newport 11 April 1962.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Roderick Cosmo Gordon, DSO, RN
15 March 1943 – 11 December 1943

Cdr. Michael Donston Capel Mayrick, RN
11 December 1943 - June 1944
DSO awarded on 5 January 1944

Lt.Cdr. Charles Wickham Malins, DSO, DSC, RN
June 1944 – 29 August 1945

Lt.Cdr. Eric George May, DSC, RN
29 August 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List

 

Commands listed for HMS Savage (G 20)

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CommanderFromTo
1Cdr. Roderick Cosmo Gordon, DSO, RN15 Mar 194311 Dec 1943
2Cdr. Michael Donston Capel Meyrick, RN11 Dec 1943Jun 1944
3Lt.Cdr. Charles Wickham Malins, DSC, DSO, RNJun 194429 Aug 1945
4Lt.Cdr. Eric George May, DSC, RN29 Aug 1945Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Savage include:


25 Jan 1944
HMS Savage (Cdr. M.D.C. Meyrick, DSO, RN) picks up 56 survivors from the American merchant Penelope Barker that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-278 about 115 nautical miles from the North Cape in position 73º22'N, 22º30'E.



South pacific destroyer

Russell Sydnor Crenshaw Jr.

Books dealing with this subject include:

South pacific destroyer, Russell Sydnor Crenshaw Jr., 2009


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