Allied Warships

HMS Termagent (R 89)

Destroyer of the T class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	T
Pennant	R 89
Built by	William Denny & Brothers (Dumbarton, Scotland)
Ordered	13 Mar 1941
Laid down	25 Nov 1941
Launched	22 Mar 1943
Commissioned	18 Oct 1943
End service
History	Scrapped at Dalmuir in November 1965.

Commands listed for HMS Termagent (R 89)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. John Percival Scatchard, DSC, RN	9 Aug 1943	Sep 1945
2	A/Lt.Cdr. David Creagh Beatty, DSC, RN	Sep 1945	early 1946

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Notable events involving Termagent include:

26 Oct 1943
HMS Tuna (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow together with HMS Ashanti (Lt.Cdr. J.R. Barnes, RN), USS Hobson (Lt.Cdr. K. Loveland, USN) and later with HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN). (1)

27 Oct 1943
HMS Tuna (Lt.Cdr.(Retd.) J.R.G. Harvey, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow together with HMS Venus (Cdr. J.S.M. Richardson DSO, RN) and HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN). (1)

8 Nov 1943
HMS Spiteful (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Sherwood, DSC, RCNVR) conducted A/S exercises at Scapa Flow with HMS Bellona (Capt. C.F.W. Norris, RN), HMS Hardy (Lt.Cdr. R. Horncastle, RN), HMS Kempenfelt (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Marjoribanks, RN), HMS Onslaught (Cdr. W.H. Selby, RN) and HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN). (2)

11 Nov 1943
HMS Spiteful (Lt.Cdr. F.H. Sherwood, DSC, RCNVR) conducted attack exercises at Scapa Flow during which HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN) served as target. (2)

22 Nov 1943
HMS Taku (Lt. A.J.W. Pitt, RN) participated in A/S exercises off Scapa Flow together with HMS Tenacious (Lt.Cdr. D.F. Townsend, RN), HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN) and HMS Tuscan (Lt.Cdr. C.H.de B. Newby, RN). (3)

2 Dec 1943
HMS Telemachus (Cdr. W.D.A. King, DSO, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow together with HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN), HMS Speedwell (Lt.Cdr. T.E. Williams, RD, RNR) and HMS Middleton (Lt. C.S. Battersby, RN). (4)

21 May 1944
German U-boat U-453 was sunk in the Ionian Sea north-east of Cape Spartivento, in position 38°13'N, 16°36'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).

31 Mar 1945
HMS Statesman (Lt. R.G.P. Bulkeley, RN) departed Trincomalee for her 8th war patrol (6th in the Far East). She was ordered to patrol in the Malacca Strait.

Before proceeding on patrol exercises were carried out with HMS Troubridge (Capt. G.F. Burghard, RN), HMS Tenacious (Lt.Cdr. D.F. Townsend, RN) and HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC and Bar, RN). (5)