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HMS Savage |
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Scale 1:200 |
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Author: Adrian Kacz |
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File Size: 54.8Mb |
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HMS
Savage
S-Class fleet destroyer
as she appeared in 1943
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Model # 006 |
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Price $12.00 |
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Technical data: |
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Launched |
24 September 1942, completed in June 1943 |
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Displacement |
1,710 tons standard; 2,530 full-load.
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Length |
362.75ft |
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Beam |
35.75ft |
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Machinery |
Two sets of Parsons geared turbines; 40,000 hp = 36 knots |
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Armament |
Main
- four 4.5inch (1x2 experimental DP mount in A position, 2x1) |
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AAA - twelve (6x2) 20mm Oerlikon |
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Torpedoes - eight (2x4) 21inch tubes |
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Complement |
183 officers and
enlisted |
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HMS
Savage
spent most of her time in Arctic escorting Murmansk convoys. She is most famous
for her part in the sinking of Scharnhorst in December of 1943.
One of the last 14inch
shells shot by HMS Duke of York right before
Scharnhorst
disengaged, struck the
No. 1 Boiler Room and
severed the steam pipe feeding the turbines. This proved to be
fatal for the German ship as its speed dropped to 10 knots, allowing
British destroyers to catch up and perform a successful torpedo attack.
Three out of four torpedoes, which struck German ship, are believed to
belong to a salvo shot by HMS Savage.
Scharnhorst,
severely damaged had no chance to escape British ships closing in for the
kill.
In June 1944, HMS Savage covered landings of Allied troops in Normandy, then was on patrol
duty in Dover Strait during July and August. After this,
HMS Savage
returned to the
Arctic. Between May 1 and 5 of 1945, she participated in the last offensive naval
operation against German forces when she took part in an attack on German U-boat
depot ships in Norway. |
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Model built and photographed by Adrian Kacz, used with
permission.
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