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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Delight''''' 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. ''Delight''''' was one of fourteen [["C" and "D" Class Destroyer (1931)|"C" and "D" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
+ | ''Delight'' commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 April, 1933 under command of Commander [[Albert Lawrence Poland]] for service with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul34|p. 230}} | ||
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+ | ''Delight'' re-commissioned at Devonport on 23 October, 1934 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLOct35|p. 229}} | ||
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+ | ''Delight'' re-commissioned on 11 December, 1935 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul37|p. 229}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Delight''" nat=UK> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Delight''" nat=UK> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Douglas-Watson|nick=Francis Douglas-Watson|appt=3 October, 1932<ref>Douglas-Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/177.|}} f. 177.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 230}}|end=April, 1933<ref>Douglas-Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/177.|}} f. 177.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Albert Lawrence Poland|nick=Albert L. Poland|appt=1 April, 1933|end=30 May, 1935<ref>Poland Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Stephen Harry Tolson Arliss|nick=Stephen H. T. Arliss|appt=November, 1934<ref>Arliss Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/66.|}} f. 66.</ref>|end=17 December, 1934|note=transferred out to {{UK-WildSwan}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis James Wylie|nick=Francis J. Wylie|appt=17 December, 1934|end=8 February, 1935|note=transferred in from {{UK-WildSwan}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Meyrick Ellis|nick=Robert M. Ellis|appt=8 February, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 229}}|end=c. April, 1937{{ToL|Royal Navy|27 July 1937, p. 8}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Robert Newton Taylor|nick=John R. N. Taylor|appt=9 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 229}}|end=17 March, 1939<ref>Taylor Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/121/67.|}} f. 67. Month could be May.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Mark Fogg-Elliott|nick=Mark Fogg-Elliott|appt=28 March, 1939{{UBAlly|2809}}|end=30 June, 1940{{UBAlly|2809}}}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:57, 15 January 2022
H.M.S. Delight (1932) | |
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Pendant Number: | H38 |
Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company |
Launched: | 2 Jun, 1932[1] |
Sunk: | 29 Jul, 1940[2] |
H.M.S. Delight was one of fourteen "C" and "D" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.
Service
Delight commissioned at Portsmouth on 1 April, 1933 under command of Commander Albert Lawrence Poland for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[3]
Delight re-commissioned at Devonport on 23 October, 1934 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[4]
Delight re-commissioned on 11 December, 1935 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[5]
Captains
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis Douglas-Watson, 3 October, 1932[6][7] – April, 1933[8]
- Commander Albert L. Poland, 1 April, 1933 – 30 May, 1935[9]
- Commander Stephen H. T. Arliss, November, 1934[10] – 17 December, 1934 (transferred out to Wild Swan)
- Commander Francis J. Wylie, 17 December, 1934 – 8 February, 1935 (transferred in from Wild Swan)
- Commander Robert M. Ellis, 8 February, 1935[11] – c. April, 1937[12]
- Commander John R. N. Taylor, 9 April, 1937[13] – 17 March, 1939[14]
- Commander Mark Fogg-Elliott, 28 March, 1939[15] – 30 June, 1940[16]
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. 230.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 229.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 229.
- ↑ Douglas-Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/177. f. 177.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 230.
- ↑ Douglas-Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/177. f. 177.
- ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/147. f. 147.
- ↑ Arliss Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/66. f. 66.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 229.
- ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 27 July 1937, p. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 229.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/67. f. 67. Month could be May.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
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