A similar lot of four plates for H.M. destroyers 'Saumarez', 'Savage', 'Solebay' and 'Whirlwind', each approximately -- 5 x 9in. (12.7 x 22.9cm.) (4)

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A similar lot of four plates for H.M. destroyers 'Saumarez', 'Savage', 'Solebay' and 'Whirlwind', each approximately -- 5 x 9in. (12.7 x 22.9cm.) (4)

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Saumarez [destroyer leader]: 1,750 tons, 363' x 36', launched 20.11.1942; mined off Corfu 22.10.1946 but survived; b.u. 1950
Savage 1,710 tons, 339½' x 36', launched 24.9.1942; b.u. 1962
Solebay 2,325 tons, 355' x 40', launched 22.2.1944; b.u. 1967
Whirlwind 1,710 tons, 339½ x 36', launched 30.8 .1943; foundered in Cardigan Bay, 29.10.74, whilst in use as a target ship

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