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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Dainty''''' 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. ''Dainty''''' was one of fourteen [["C" and "D" Class Destroyer (1931)|"C" and "D" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
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''Dainty'' re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 August, 1934. for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLOct35|p. 227}}
  
 
''Dainty'' re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 15 October, 1936 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 228}}
 
''Dainty'' re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 15 October, 1936 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 228}}
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Robert Newton Taylor|nick=John R. N. Taylor|appt=1 September, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 228}}|end=|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Robert Newton Taylor|nick=John R. N. Taylor|appt=1 September, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 228}}|end=August, 1933<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/67.|}} f. 67.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Royer Mylius Dick|nick=Royer M. Dick|appt=15 March, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 228}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Archibald Rosebery Cartwright|nick=William A. R. Cartwright|appt=20 July, 1933{{NLJan33|p. 228}}|end=7 January, 1935}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Mervyn Somerset Thomas|nick=Mervyn S. Thomas|appt=October, 1934<ref>Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/201.|}} f. 200.</ref>|end=17 December, 1934<ref>Thomas Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/201.|}} f. 200.</ref>{{INF}}|note=transferred out to {{UK-Whitshed}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Stratford Lovatt|nick=Richard S. Lovatt|appt=c. 17 December, 1934<ref>Lovatt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>{{NavAppts|3 Nov. 1934, p. 21}}|end=early 1935<ref>Lovatt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Whitshed}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Barnard|nick=Geoffrey Barnard|appt=early 1935{{INF}}|end=September, 1935{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Stratford Lovatt|nick=Richard S. Lovatt|appt=September, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 227}}|end=18 January, 1936<ref>Lovatt Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/37.|}} f. 37.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Royer Mylius Dick|nick=Royer M. Dick|appt=15 March, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 228}}|end=29 May, 1938<ref>Dick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120.|}} f. 66.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frank Michael Walton|nick=Frank M. Walton|appt=c. 29 May, 1938|end=6 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4366}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Mervyn Somerset Thomas|nick=Mervyn S. Thomas|appt=6 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|3266}}|end=24 February, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4366}}|note=ship lost under his command|succBy=Vessel Lost}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 17:50, 15 July 2021

H.M.S. Dainty (1932)
Pendant Number: H53
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Launched: 3 May, 1932[1]
Sunk: 24 Feb, 1941[2]

H.M.S. Dainty was one of fourteen "C" and "D" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Dainty re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 23 August, 1934. for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[3]

Dainty re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 15 October, 1936 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[4]

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. (October, 1935). p. 227.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 228.
  6. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/67. f. 67.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 228.
  8. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. 200.
  9. Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. 200.
  10. Lovatt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/37. f. 37.
  11. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1934, p. 21.
  12. Lovatt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/37. f. 37.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 227.
  14. Lovatt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/37. f. 37.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
  16. Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120. f. 66.
  17. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  18. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  19. Uboat.net page on the ship.


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