H.M.S. Havock (1936)

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H.M.S. Havock (1936)
Pendant Number: H43
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[1]
Launched: 7 Jul, 1936[2]
Wrecked: 6 Apr, 1942[3]
H.M.S. Havock was one of thirty-five "G","H" and "I" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned on 16 January, 1937 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in ther Mediterranean.[4]

Havock grounded off Marsa Lucha on 19 October, 1941 in what the Naval Secretary determined was a "failure of any ship in the division to sound" as well as generally poor navigation on the part of Captain (D) Hugh St. Lawrence Nicolson. Moreover, Nicolson was faulted for the "unsatisfactory state of affairs ... in the 2nd. Flotilla as regards the maintenance of certain electrical and navigational material."[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 39.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 247.
  5. Nicolson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/93/171. f. 171.
  6. "Home Fleet Destroyers." The Times (London, England), 29 Nov. 1938, p. 24.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 247.


"G", "H" and "I" Class Destroyer
"G" Class Leader
  Grenville  
Destroyers
  Gallant Garland Gipsy Glowworm  
  Grafton Grenade Greyhound Griffin  
"H" Class Leader
  Hardy  
Destroyers
  Hasty Havock Hereward Hero  
  Hostile Hotspur Hunter Hyperion  
Brazilian "H" Destroyers
  Harvester Havant Havelock  
  Hesperus Highlander Hurricane  
"I" Class Leader
  Inglefield  
Destroyers
  Icarus Ilex Imogen Imperial  
  Impulsive Intrepid Isis Ivanhoe  
Turkish "I" Destroyers
  Inconstant Ithuriel  
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