S and T-class destroyer

	HMS Terpsichore in 1945
Class overview
Name	S and T class
Builders	Hawthorn Leslie and Company; John Brown & Company; Cammell Laird; William Denny and Brothers; Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company; J. Samuel White; Swan Hunter;
Operators	Royal Navy; Royal Netherlands Navy; Royal Norwegian Navy;
Preceded by	Q and R class
Succeeded by	U and V class
Subclasses	S, T
Completed	16
Lost	2
Retired	14
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,710 long tons (1,737 t) - 1,730 long tons (1,758 t) (standard nominal); 1,780 long tons (1,809 t) - 1,810 long tons (1,839 t) (actual); 2,505 long tons (2,545 t) - 2,545 long tons (2,586 t) (deep load);
Length	339 ft 6 in (103.48 m) pp; 362 ft 9 in (110.57 m) oa;
Beam	35 ft 8 in (10.87 m)
Draught	14 ft 2 in (4.32 m)
Propulsion	2 shaft Parsons geared turbines; 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Speed	36.75 knots (42.29 mph; 68.06 km/h)
Complement	180-225
Armament	4 × 4.7-inch (120-mm) QF Mk IX guns (4×1); 2 × 40mm Bofors (1x2); 8 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; 8 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2×4);

The S and T class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1942–1943. They were built as two flotillas, known as the 5th and 6th Emergency Flotilla, and they served as fleet and convoy escorts in World War II.

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