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Allied Warships

HMS Terpsichore (R 33)

Destroyer of the T class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassT 
PennantR 33 
Built byWilliam Denny & Brothers (Dumbarton, Scotland) 
Ordered13 Mar, 1941 
Laid down25 Nov, 1941 
Launched17 Jun, 1943 
Commissioned20 Jan, 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryScrapped at Troon in May 1966.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. Alfred Charles Behague, OBE, DSC, RN
November1943 – 5 January 1945

Cdr. Richard Taylor White, DSO and Bar, RN
5 January 1945 - still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 


Noteable events involving Terpsichore include:

19 Sep, 1944
The German submarine U-407 was sunk in the Mediterranean south of Milos, in position 36º27'N, 24º33'E, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Troubridge and HMS Terpsichore and the Polish destroyer ORP Garland. (see map)


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