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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Duchess''''' was one of fourteen [["C" and "D" Class Destroyer (1931)|"C" and "D" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Duchess''''' was one of fourteen [["C" and "D" Class Destroyer (1931)|"C" and "D" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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Re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 March, 1933 for service with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul34|p. 235}}
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Re-commissioned at Chatham on 25 October, 1934 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}}, operating on the [[China Station]].{{NLOct35|p. 235}}
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Re-commissioned on 11 December, 1935 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}}, operating on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 234}}
 
Re-commissioned on 11 December, 1935 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}}, operating on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 234}}
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On 12 December 1939 ''Duchess'' collided with the {{UK-Barham|f=t}} which she was escorting to the Clyde as they were nearing their destination north of Belfast.  The destroyer was cut in half with heavy loss of life.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Laurence James Dover|nick=Laurence J. Dover|appt=3 October, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 234}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Laurence James Dover|nick=Laurence J. Dover|appt=3 October, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 235}}|end=c. late 1934|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Archibald Boyd Russell|nick=Archibald B. Russell|appt=5 January, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 235}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Thomas Warren Curtis|nick=William T. W. Curtis|appt=27 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 234}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Thomas Warren Curtis|nick=William T. W. Curtis|appt=27 August, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 234}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Charles Meadows White|nick=Robert C. M. White|appt=28 September, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|4373}}|end=12 December, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4373}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship lost under his command}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 09:07, 24 February 2021

H.M.S. Duchess (1932)
Pendant Number: H64
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Launched: 19 Jul, 1932[1]
Collision: 12 Dec, 1939[2]
H.M.S. Duchess was one of fourteen "C" and "D" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 March, 1933 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[3]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 25 October, 1934 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, operating on the China Station.[4]

Re-commissioned on 11 December, 1935 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, operating on the China Station.[5]

On 12 December 1939 Duchess collided with the battleship Barham which she was escorting to the Clyde as they were nearing their destination north of Belfast. The destroyer was cut in half with heavy loss of life.

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. (July, 1934). p. 235.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.
  9. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  10. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


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