T-Class Fleet Destroyer ordered from Swan
Hunter and Wigham Richardson in March 1941 with other ships
of the 8th Emergency Flotilla. The ship was laid down on 15th October 1941,
launched on 27th July 1942
as the 5th ship to carry the name dating from 1808. It was previously used in
1918 for a destroyer sold
in 1930. Build was completed on 8th April 1943. Following a successful WARSHIP WEEK in March 1942
the ship was adopted by Great Yarmouth in
the county of Norfolk.
B a t t l e H o n o u r s
ATLANTIC
1943 - SICILY 1943 - SALERNO 1943
- MEDITERRANEAN 1943 - ADRIATIC 1944
- SOUTH FRANCE 1944 - AEGEAN 1944
H e r a l d i c D a t a
Badge: On a Field Red, an owl Silver,
with crook and flail Gold.
M o t t o
'Tireless Ever'
D e t a i l s o f
W a r S e r v i c e
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1 9 4 3
April Builders trials and commissioning.
7th Accepted into service for duty
with 24th Destroyer Flotilla.
Passage to Scapa
Flow for work-up with Home Fleet.
May On completion of work-up
took passage to join Flotilla in the Mediterranean.
Deployed with
Flotilla in Central Mediterranean for escort and patrol duties.
June Escort and patrol duty in
continuation.
Preparation for
Sicily landings (Operation HUSKY)
July Deployed in Malta
8th Sailed from Malta for HUSKY
landings duties.
10th Joined destroyer screen for HM
Battleships NELSON, RODNEY, VALIANT and WARSPITE,
HM Aircraft Carriers INDOMITABLE and FORMIDABLE, HM Cruisers AURORA
PENELOPE, CLEOPATRA and EURYALUS with 17 other allied destroyers to
provide
cover in Ionian Sea against Italian fleet intervention during Sicily
landings.
(For details see
ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY by Corelli Barnett and
Naval Staff
History).
August
21st Carried out bombardment of
Italian mainland from Messina Straits.
31st Provided naval gunfire support
for allied landings in Calabria with HM
Battleships
NELSON, RODNEY, HM
Cruiser ORION and eight other allied destroyers
(Operation BAYTOWN).
September
3rd Supported landings by British
XIII Corps near Reggio and Villa San Giovanni.
9th Deployed with HM Battleships RODNEY, NELSON, WARSPITE and
VALIANT,
HM Aircraft Carriers FORMIDABLE
and ILLUSTRIOUS as destroyer screen with 20
other destroyers of
4th, 8th and 24th Destroyer Flotillas to provide cover for landings
at Salerno.
(Operation AVALANCHE - For
details see above references).
11th Provided naval gunfire support
and AA protection for Fleet units off beaches.
October Deployed in support of shore
operations and convoy interception.
16th Sank supply ship and captured
another during Interception operation off Albania.
with HM Destroyer
TUMULT.
November
8th Carried out bombardment of
Volturno.
11th Carried out bombardment of
shore installations in Gulf of Gaeta with HM Destroyers
TUMULT, GRENVILLE
and Polish destroyer ORP PIORUN.
December Transferred to Adriatic for support
of military operations and for interception of
enemy supply
convoys.
In action with
enemy convoy off Kotor and sank small craft.
1 9 4 4
January Adriatic deployment in
continuation.
Bombarded Rovigno in support of military operations.
Embarked General
Alexander for passage from Alexandria to Anzio.
February Deployed in Adriatic with Flotilla
for support of military convoys and attacks on
shipping.
27th Carried out bombardment of Vela
Luka, Yugoslavia.
March Adriatic deployment in continuation.
to Nominated for support
of landings in South France as part of US Navy Task Force.
June
July Transferred to US Command
for support of landings in South France.
(Operation DRAGOON
- For details see ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY
and INVASION OF
THE SOUTH OF FRANCE (HMSO).
August Joined Task Force 88 under US
Command for escort of Escort Aircraft Carriers.
12th Sailed from Malta as destroyer screen for HM Escort Carriers ATTACKER, KHEDIVE,
EMPEROR, SEARCHER
and PURSUER, HM Cruisers ROYALIST and DELHI with
destroyers of 24th
Flotilla as Task Group 88.1
15th Deployed for defence of TG88.1
during landings in South France.
19th Withdrawn with TG88.1 for
replenishment at Maddalena.
21st Returned to Assault Area with
TG88.1.
24th Withdrawn with TG 88.1 for
replenishment
27th Released from DRAGOON and took
passage to Alexandria.
Returned to RN
control.
September Joined British Aegean Force with
Flotilla to support military operations to occupy
islands and in
preparation for landings on Greek mainland .
(See ENGAGE THE ENEMY MORE CLOSELY
and WAR IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
(HMSO).
October
26th Carried out bombardment of Melos
with HM Cruiser AURORA and HM Escort
Destroyer TETCOTT.
November
10th Carried out bombardments of Civitano and Pedaso with HM Destroyer GRENVILLE.
December Passage to UK to prepare for
service in British Pacific Fleet.
1 9 4 5
January Taken in hand for refit by HM
Dockyard, Chatham to prepare for service with
4th Destroyer
Flotilla in British Pacific Fleet
February Under refit.
to
May
June Post refit trials and
preparation for foreign service.
July Passage to Sydney.
August Joined British Pacific Fleet
on arrival.
(Note: This ship
was not deployed operationally with the British Pacific Fleet
on
15th August .
Her
Pennant Number for visual signalling purposes was changed to D52 after
arrival in Australia where she prepared for deployment under US Navy
overall command. This identity was
changed to conform with US Navy
system
for destroyer signal identification.)
27th Deployed with HM Aircraft
Carrier COLOSSUS, HM Cruisers BERMUDA and
ARGONAUT, HM
Destroyers TUMULT, TUSCAN and QUIBERON to assist with
occupation of
Shanghai as part of Task Group 111.
P o s t W a r
N o t e s
HMS
TYRIAN returned to UK after a visit to Melbourne with HM Destroyer TENACIOUS, TUMULT and UNDINE in February
1946. She was reduced to Reserve status at Harwich after arrival on 30th May that
year. Transferred to the Reserve Fleet at Chatham in 1949 she laid-up there
until 1951 when the ship was
converted to a Type 16 Anti-Submarine Frigate at Liverpool. On completion in
1952 she served with the 2nd Training Flotilla at Portland and attended the
Coronation Review at Spithead in June 1953 with the Squadron.
In September 1953 during NATO Exercise MARINER she ran aground on Haisborough
Sands. Again
reduced to Reserve in November 1956 she was initially laid-up at Chatham but
transferred to Lisahally,
Northern Ireland in 1957. Placed on the Disposal List in 1965 she arrived in tow
at the Breaker’s in
Troon, Ayrshire for demolition on 9th March 1965.
Addendum
CONVOY ESCORT MOVEMENTS of
HMS TYRIAN
by Don Kindell
These convoy lists have not been cross-checked
with the text above
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Date convoy sailed
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Joined convoy as escort
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Convoy No.
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Left convoy
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Date convoy arrived
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04/06/43
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05/06/43
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OS 049KM
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13/06/43
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13/06/43
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13/06/43
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13/06/43
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KMS 016G
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15/06/43
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15/06/43
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19/09/43
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19/09/43
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NSF 003A
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21/09/43
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22/09/43
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21/04/44
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21/04/44
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IXF 013
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21/04/44
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25/04/44
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22/05/44
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09/06/44
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XIF 015
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09/06/44
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28/05/44
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28/06/44
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unknown
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XIF 017
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unknown
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02/07/44
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18/07/44
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18/07/44
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IXF 018
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19/07/44
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22/07/44
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(Note on Convoys)