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HMS Success (1943) DD (16th) |
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This the sixteenth ship to carry the name HMS Success was an S
Class, destroyer. Built by White, laid down 25-Nov-1942, launched 03-Mar-1943, and commissioned 06-Sep-1943. Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy Aug-1943, and renamed Stord. 26-Dec-1943 while screening HMS Duke of York as distance escort to Russian convoy JW55B, saw action with the German ship Scharnhorst. 1944 continued with offensive carrier sweeps off the Norwegian coast. Then Jun-1944 operations as part of the Normandy landings. After this it was back to Arctic duty, with Russian convoy escort alternating with offensive carrier operations until the end of the war. Broken up 1959 at Burght.
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