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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 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. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:07, 24 February 2021
H.M.S. Duchess (1932) | |
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Pendant Number: | H64 |
Builder: | Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company |
Launched: | 19 Jul, 1932[1] |
Collision: | 12 Dec, 1939[2] |
Contents
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
- Lieutenant-Commander Laurence J. Dover, 3 October, 1932[6] – c. late 1934
- Lieutenant-Commander Archibald B. Russell, 5 January, 1935[7]
- Lieutenant-Commander William T. W. Curtis, 27 August, 1936[8]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert C. M. White, 28 September, 1938[9] – 12 December, 1939[10] (killed when ship lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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