H.M.S. Decoy (1932)

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H.M.S. Decoy (1932)
Pendant Number: H75
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company
Launched: 7 Jun, 1932[1]
Broken up: 1946[2]
H.M.S. Decoy was one of fourteen "C" and "D" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Decoy re-commissioned at Devonport on 23 October, 1934 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[3]

Decoy re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 16 October, 1936 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[4]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  3. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
  6. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  7. Kerr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/137. f. 136.
  8. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 27 Aug. 1934, p. 15.
  9. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1934, p. 21.
  10. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 228.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
  12. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  13. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  14. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  16. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  17. Uboat.net page on the ship.


"C" and "D" Class Destroyer
"C" Class Leader
  Kempenfelt  
Destroyers
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"D" Class Leader
  Duncan  
Destroyers
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