HMS Scourge (G01)

HMS Scourge (G01) in 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Scourge
Ordered	9 January 1941
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	26 June 1941
Launched	8 December 1942
Commissioned	14 July 1943
Out of service	Sold to the Royal Netherlands Navy on 1 February 1946
Identification	Pennant number: G01
Honours and awards	Arctic 1943-45 Normandy 1944
Badge	On a Field White. a cat-o-nine tails proper
Netherlands
Name	HNLMS Evertsen
Acquired	1 February 1946
Identification	D802
Fate	Scrapped from July 1963
General characteristics
Class and type	S-class destroyer
Displacement	1,710 long tons (1,740 t) (standard) 2,530 long tons (2,570 t) (deep load)
Length	362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) (o/a)
Beam	35 ft 9 in (10.9 m)
Draught	14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) (deep)
Installed power	40,000 shp (30,000 kW) 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	4,675 nmi (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 290 air warning Radar Type 285 ranging & bearing
Armament	4 × single 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark XII dual-purpose guns 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm AA guns 4 × twin QF 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns 2 × quadruple 21-inch torpedo tubes 4 × throwers and 2 × racks for 70 depth charges

HMS Scourge was an S-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The ship was sold to the Netherlands postwar, where it saw action in the Korean War and the West New Guinea dispute.