| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | S |
| Pennant | G 20 |
| Built by | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 9 Jan 1941 |
| Laid down | 7 Dec 1941 |
| Launched | 24 Sep 1942 |
| Commissioned | 8 Jun 1943 |
| End service | |
| History | Scrapped at Newport 11 April 1962. |
Commands listed for HMS Savage (G 20)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Cdr. Roderick Cosmo Gordon, DSO, RN | 15 Mar 1943 | 11 Dec 1943 |
| 2 | Cdr. Michael Donston Capel Meyrick, RN | 11 Dec 1943 | Jun 1944 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Charles Wickham Malins, DSO, DSC, RN | Jun 1944 | 29 Aug 1945 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Eric George May, DSC, RN | 29 Aug 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 German U-boat U-278 about 115 nautical miles from the North Cape in position 73°22'N, 22°30'E.
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