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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]].
 
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==Captains==
 
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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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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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"C" Class Leader
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Destroyers
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"D" Class Leader
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