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HMS Termagant (R89)

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Name
  
HMS Termagant

Laid down
  
25 November 1941

Motto
  
'Untameable'

Launched
  
22 March 1943

Ordered
  
14 March 1941

Commissioned
  
8 October 1943

Construction started
  
25 November 1941

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Identification
  
Pennant number R89 (later F189)

Builder
  
William Denny and Brothers

HMS Termagant was a T-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War. She was built by William Denny and Brothers, of Dumbarton and launched on 22 March 1943. She was scrapped in 1965.

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Second World War service

On 7 October 1944 she and sister ship Tuscan sank the German torpedo boat TA 37 .

Postwar service

Between 1946 and 1951 Termagant was held in reserve at Portsmouth. Between 1952 and 1953 she was converted to a Type 16 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F189. On re-commissioning in 1953 she joined the 3rd Submarine Flotilla at Rothesay as a target ship. In the same year she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

In August 1957 she returned to the reserve at Devonport, re-commissioning briefly in 1958 for trials.

Decommissioning and disposal

After decommissioning for the last time Termagant was held in reserve at Lisahally between 1960 and 1965. She was then sold for scrapping in 1965 to Arnott Young, Dalmuir, arriving there on 5 November 1965.

Publications

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475. 
  • Critchley, Mike (1982). British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2. 
  • Raven, Alan; Roberts, John (1978). War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes. London: Bivouac Books. ISBN 0-85680-010-4. 
  • Whitley, M. J. (1988). Destroyers of World War 2. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-326-1. 
  • References

    HMS Termagant (R89) Wikipedia