Dates: 1943 - 1946

"S" (SAVAGE) Class Destroyer ordered from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead with 5th Emergency Flotilla on 9th January 1941. The ship was laid down on 26th June 1941 as Yard No 1095. Launching was delayed until 8th December 1942 due to serious design problems and the late delivery of armament and fire-control equipment. She was the 11th RN ship to carry this name, introduced in 1779 and last used by a destroyer built in 1910 and sold in 1921. After a successful "WARSHIP WEEK" National Savings campaign in March 1942 she was adopted by the civil community of Bexhill, East Sussex. Completion date was 14th July 1943.

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HMS SCOURGE reduced to Reserve after VJ Day and was sold to the Netherlands in 1946. Renamed EVERTSEN in commemoration of a destroyer lost in the Java Sea on 1 March 1942. served as a destroyer until 1957 when she was converted for use as Fast Frigate and remained in commission until 1962 when she was scrapped in the Netherlands.

Badge: On a Field White. a cat-o-nine tails proper.

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