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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. | + | |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. |
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
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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}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Harold Hickling|nick=Harold Hickling|appt=30 July, 1937|end=July, 1939|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|8}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Clive Gwinner|nick=Clive Gwinner|appt=18 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=12 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Nichol Rowell|nick=Arthur N. Rowell|appt=13 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=25 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{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?}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Bernard Morland Skinner|nick=Bernard M. Skinner|appt=16 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=10 March, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Clive Gwinner|nick=Clive Gwinner|appt=10 March, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=1 April, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Peter William Gretton|nick=Peter W. Gretton|appt=12 April, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=November, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
Revision as of 14:08, 16 September 2019
H.M.S. Duncan (1932) | |
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Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard |
Launched: | 7 Jul, 1932[1] |
Broken up: | 1945[2] |
Contents
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
- Captain Edward C. Thornton, 1 April, 1932[6] – April, 1933[7]
- Captain Harold T. Baillie-Grohman, 10 February, 1934[8] (and as Captain (D), First Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Richard S. Benson, 24 August, 1935[9] – 30 July, 1937 (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Harold Hickling, 30 July, 1937 – July, 1939 (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Geoffrey R. B. Back, 8 July, 1939[10] – 2 January, 1940[11] (and as Captain (D), Twenty-first Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Jocelyn S. C. Salter, 2 January, 1940[12] – 17 February, 1940[13]
- Commander Antony Fane De Salis, 17 February, 1940[14] – 18 February, 1940[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Clive Gwinner, 18 February, 1940[16] – 12 July, 1940[17]
- Commander Arthur D. B. James, 12 July, 1940[18] – 13 February, 1941[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur N. Rowell, 13 February, 1941[20] – 25 May, 1942[21]
- Captain Hugh St. L. Nicolson, 25 May, 1942[22] – 16 December, 1942[23]
- Captain James A. McCoy, 7 August, 1942 – 4 September, 1942 (and as Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla; temporary?)
- Lieutenant in Command Bernard M. Skinner, 16 December, 1942[24] – 10 March, 1943[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Clive Gwinner, 10 March, 1943[26] – 1 April, 1943[27]
- Commander Peter W. Gretton, 12 April, 1943[28] – November, 1943[29]
- Lieutenant in Command Denis G. D. Hall-Wright, 10 April, 1944[30] – mid 1945[31]
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. 236.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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