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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Duncan''''' was one of fourteen [["C" and "D" Class Destroyer (1931)|"C" and "D" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]], and one of two that were configured as destroyer leaders.
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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Duncan''''' was one of fourteen [["C" and "D" Class Destroyer (1931)|"C" and "D" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]], and one of two that were configured as destroyer leaders, accommodating an additional thirty in complement.
  
 
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 5 April, 1933 for service with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean, bearing Captain (D).{{NLJul34|p. 236}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 October, 1934 for service as flagship of the {{UK-DF|8}}, operating on the [[China Station]].{{NLOct35|p. 235}}
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Re-commissioned on 11 December, 1935 for service as flagship of the {{UK-DF|8}}, operating on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 234}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=1 April, 1932<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|end=April, 1933<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=1 April, 1932<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|end=April, 1933<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Tom Baillie-Grohman|nick=Harold T. Baillie-Grohman|appt=10 February, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 235}}|end=|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|1}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Stoddart Benson|nick=Richard S. Benson|appt=24 August, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 234}}|end=30 July, 1937|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|8}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Hickling|nick=Harold Hickling|appt=30 July, 1937|end=July, 1939|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|8}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Robert Bensly Back|nick=Geoffrey R. B. Back|appt=8 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=2 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|21}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Jocelyn Stuart Cambridge Salter|nick=Jocelyn S. C. Salter|appt=2 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=17 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Antony Fane De Salis|nick=Antony Fane De Salis|appt=17 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=18 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Clive Gwinner|nick=Clive Gwinner|appt=18 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=12 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Dyke Beauchamp James|nick=Arthur D. B. James|appt=12 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=13 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Nichol Rowell|nick=Arthur N. Rowell|appt=13 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=25 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hugh St. Lawrence Nicolson|nick=Hugh St. L. Nicolson|appt=25 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=16 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Abernethy McCoy|nick=James A. McCoy|appt=7 August, 1942|end=4 September, 1942|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|2}}; temporary?}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Bernard Morland Skinner|nick=Bernard M. Skinner|appt=16 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=10 March, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Clive Gwinner|nick=Clive Gwinner|appt=10 March, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=1 April, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Peter William Gretton|nick=Peter W. Gretton|appt=12 April, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=November, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Denis Guy Douglas Hall-Wright|nick=Denis G. D. Hall-Wright|appt=10 April, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}}
 
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Revision as of 14:08, 16 September 2019

H.M.S. Duncan (1932)
Builder: Portsmouth Royal Dockyard
Launched: 7 Jul, 1932[1]
Broken up: 1945[2]
H.M.S. Duncan was one of fourteen "C" and "D" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy, and one of two that were configured as destroyer leaders, accommodating an additional thirty in complement.

Service

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 5 April, 1933 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean, bearing Captain (D).[3]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 October, 1934 for service as flagship of the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, operating on the China Station.[4]

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

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. 236.
  4. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.
  6. Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  7. Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.
  10. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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"C" and "D" Class Destroyer
"C" Class Leader
  Kempenfelt  
Destroyers
  Comet Crescent Crusader Cygnet  
"D" Class Leader
  Duncan  
Destroyers
  Dainty Daring Decoy Defender  
  Delight Diamond Diana Duchess  
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