BATTLE HONOURS
EAST INDIES 1943-1944
SABANG 1944
©2013 the Secretary, HMS Relentless Association. It may be used for research purposes and information only, quoting the source as applicable.
HMS RELENTLESS was an ‘R’ Class destroyer built during the Second World War. For the majority of the war years, she served in the East Indies and Far East and when WW2 ended, she returned home and was placed in Reserve.
Needing a quick-fix deterrent to the submarine technology of the Eastern Bloc, RELENTLESS was converted into a Type 15 antisubmarine frigate in 1951. However, with the advent of the built-for-purpose Type 12 and Leander Class anti-submarine frigates, RELENTLESS’ stop-gap service came to a close and she was scrapped in 1971.
In the documents below, you will find information about the ship, her movements during WW2, and extracts from the Ship’s Logs from the 1950s and 1960s.
You will also find a wealth of other information about RELENTLESS: incidents from WW2, the 1945 Mutiny, and the 1954 collision with HMS VIGILANT. What was a Bahamas, or a Beira Patrol like, and why did we do them?
Lots of information and personal recollections on life aboard RELENTLESS.
Some of the information has been created from data generally available in the public domain or on the Internet. In both cases, some data is a précis of that downloaded or copied and has been modified or summarised for clarity. This has been done with the best of intentions and I hope, without offence to the originator.
Data contained herein, may be used for research purposes and information only, quoting HMS RELENTLESS ASSOCIATION as the source.
Please email the Secretary if you have a query about HMS RELENTLESS.
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