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HMS Termagent (R 89)

Destroyer of the T class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassT 
PennantR 89 
Built byWilliam Denny & Brothers (Dumbarton, Scotland) 
Ordered13 Mar, 1941 
Laid down25 Nov, 1941 
Launched22 Mar, 1943 
Commissioned18 Oct, 1943 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryScrapped at Dalmuir in November 1965.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. John Percival Scatchard, DSC, RN
9 August 1943 - September 1945
Bar to DSC awarded on 7 November 1944
2nd Bar to DSC awarded on 14 August 1945

A/Lt.Cdr. David Creagh Beatty, RN
September 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Termagent include:

21 May, 1944
The German submarine U-453 was sunk in the Ionian Sea north-east of Cape Spartivento, in position 38º13'N, 16º30'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Termagent (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Scatchard, DSC, RN) and HMS Tenacious (Lt.Cdr. D.F. Townsend, RN) and the British escort destroyer HMS Liddesdale (Lt. C.J. Bateman, RN). (see map)


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