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词条 HMS Savage (G20)
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  1. Design

  2. Wartime Service

  3. Battle of North Cape

  4. Post war service

  5. References

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  • Arctic 1943-44
  • North Cape 1943
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HMS Savage was an S-class destroyer of the Royal Navy completed on 8 June 1943.[1] Following a successful Warship Week campaign held in March 1942, she was adopted by the town of Burton On Trent.[2] Savage took part in the Battle of North Cape.

Design

Savage was the second ship of the S-class of destroyers purchased as the 5th Emergency Flotilla. She differed from her sisters in armament.[3] The Admiralty had designs for a new {{convert|4.5|in|mm|0}} gun to be installed in twin and single turrets, the former for the upcoming Battle-class destroyers and the latter for the Z-class and C-class destroyers.[4] Savage was equipped with a twin mount forward and two single mounts aft, replacing the single QF Mark XII 4.7 in guns of her sisters. To expedite completion still further, the twin mount was modified from a spare made for the aircraft carrier {{HMS|Illustrious|R87|2}}.[5] Due to a shortage of Hazemeyer mounts, the Bofors 40 mm gun was also not deployed and anti-aircraft defence was restricted to Oerlikon 20 mm cannons. However, one additional twin and two single mounts were provided.

Wartime Service

After completion, Savage joined the aircraft carrier {{HMS|Furious|47|2}} and the battleships {{USS|Alabama|BB-60|2}}, {{HMS|Anson|79|2}}, {{HMS|Duke of York|17|2}}, {{HMS|Malaya||2}} and {{USS|South Dakota|BB-57|2}} in Operation Camera, a diversionary maneuver off the Norwegian coast to distract German forces from the Allied invasion of Sicily. The diversion was not successful as it was not detected by German aircraft.[2]

On 25 July, Savage escorted the aircraft carriers Illustrious and {{HMS|Unicorn|I72|2}} on Operation Governor, an offensive sweep off Norway. On 11 August, she joined the fleet escorting them to Gibraltar in support of the Allied invasion of Italy, and on 13 October escorted {{HMS|King George V|41|2}} from Gibraltar to Scapa Flow.

For the majority of her wartime career, Savage supported Arctic convoys.[6]

Convoy sailedJoined convoyConvoy No.Left convoyConvoy arrived
1 November 19433 November 1943RA 54A9 November 194314 November 1943
22 November 194325 November 1943JW 54B02 December 194303 December 1943
12 December 194318 December 1943JW 55A20 December 194322 December 1943
20 December 194323 December 1943JW 55B27 December 194330 December 1943
22 December 194323 December 1943RA 55A25 December 19431 January 1944
12 January 194416 January 1944JW 56A27 January 194428 January 1944
22 January 194429 January 1944JW 56B1 February 19441 February 1944
3 February 19443 February 1944RA 567 February 194411 February 1944
20 February 194422 February 1944JW 5728 February 194428 February 1944
2 March 19442 March 1944RA 578 March 194410 March 1944
11 November 194411 November 1944RA 61A17 November 194417 November 1944
30 December 19441 January 1945JW 638 January 19458 January 1945
11 January 194511 January 1945RA 6318 January 194521 January 1945
17 February 194521 February 1945RA 6426 February 194528 February 1945
11 March 194515 March 1945JW 6521 March 194521 March 1945
23 March 194523 March 1945RA 6530 March 194501 March 1945

At the end of the war, on 12 May 1945, Savage escorted the 1st Cruiser Squadron led by {{HMS|Devonshire|39|2}} that returned Crown Prince Olav to Norway.[7]

Battle of North Cape

{{Main|Battle of North Cape}}

Convoy JW 55B left Loch Ewe on 20 December 1943 and was expected to reach Bear Island on Christmas Day about the same time as Convoy RA 55A which had departed Kola two days later. Savage formed part of the destroyer screen for Force 2, the covering force led by Duke of York.

Early on 26 December the Admiralty signalled that the {{ship|German battleship|Scharnhorst}} was at sea. Savage and the rest of heavy force intercepted the German vessel as she was heading away after unsuccessfully attacking the convoy. The combination of torpedo attacks from the destroyers and the cruisers {{HMS|Belfast|C35|6}} and {{HMS|Jamaica|C44|2}} and radar directed gunfire from Duke of York and the cruisers crippled Scharnhorst, which sank at 19:45. The four destroyers in the screen, {{HMS|Saumarez|G12|2}}, Savage, {{HMS|Scorpion|G72|2}}, and the Norwegian {{HNoMS|Stord|G26|2}}, scored at least three hits.

Post war service

HMS Savage was refitted and redeployed as a Gunnery Firing Ship at Portsmouth after September 1945.[2] Reduced to Reserve status at Chatham in 1948, the ship was recommissioned for trials using new designs of shafts and propellers in 1950. Although refitted and modernised, Savage was never actively deployed. She was placed on the Disposal List in 1960 and arrived at Newport to be broken up on 11 April 1960.

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War 2|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|place=Annapolis, Maryland}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite website|first=Geoffrey B.|last=Mason|title=Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War II|year=2003|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-55S-HMS_Savage.htm|accessdate=28 January 2017}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Raven|first=Alan|author2=Roberts, John |title=War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes|publisher=Bivouac Books|place=London|year=1978|isbn=0-85680-010-4}}
4. ^{{cite book|first=Les|last=Brown|title=British Destroyers: J-C and Battle Classes|place=Havertown|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|year=2013|isbn=9781848321809|page=8}}
5. ^{{cite book|first=Norman|last=Friedman|title=British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War & After|place=London|publisher=Greenhill Books|year=2006|isbn=9781848320154|page=110}}
6. ^{{cite web|first=Don|last=Kindell|title=Convoy Escort Movements of Royal & Dominion Navy Warships, including Allied Navy Vessels under RN Command|year=2013|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xDKEscorts00Contents.htm|accessdate=28 January 2017}}
7. ^{{cite book|first=Chris|last=Madsen|title=The Royal Navy and German Naval Disarmament, 1942-1947|place=London|publisher=F. Cass|year=1998|isbn= 9780714643731|page=66}}
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