Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer G01

HMS Scourge (G01)

S-class destroyer

HMS Scourge (G01)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 11728 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — G01 The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Scourge (G01) underway in coastal waters, circa in 1943. Note:The file is named "HMS Evertsen", but Scourge became the Dutch Evertsen only in 1946.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Scourge14 July 1943 — 1 February 1946781 days of the war
  2. Royal Netherlands Navy as HNLMS Evertsen1 February 1946 — July 1963
S-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Scourge
Pennant / hull number
G01
Builder
Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Ordered
9 January 1941
Laid down
26 June 1941
Launched
8 December 1942
Commissioned
14 July 1943
Fate
Scrapped from July 1963 (1963)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,710 long tons (1,737 t)
Displacement, full load
2,530 long tons (2,571 t)
Length
110.34 m (362 ft) OA
Beam
10.67 m (35 ft)
Draught
4.27 m (14 ft)
Speed
36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
Range
4,675 nmi (8,658 km)
Complement
170
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

HMS Scourge was a S-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number G01. Her keel was laid at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead on 26 June 1941. She entered service on 14 July 1943, having been launched on 8 December 1942.

She was one of 111 ships of her class.

Displacement was 1,710 long tons standard and 2,530 long tons at full load. She measured 110.3 m (362 ft) long with a beam of 10.7 m (35 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 170. Her main battery was of 120 mm (4.7 in) calibre.

Her machinery developed 40,000 shp.

She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Scourge until 1 February 1946. She then passed to the Royal Netherlands Navy, serving as HNLMS Evertsen from 1 February 1946. She was in commission for 781 days of the Second World War.

She was broken up for scrap in July 1963.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
Power
  • 40000 shp
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Armament
  • 4 × single 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark XII dual-purpose guns
  • 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm AA guns
  • 4 × twin QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns
  • 2 × quadruple 21-inch torpedo tubes
  • 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges

Sister ships

86 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from HMS Scourge (G01) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 11728 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons