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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=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=|note=and as Captain (D), {{UK-DF|8}}}} | {{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={{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=Jocelyn Stuart Cambridge Salter|nick=Jocelyn S. C. Salter|appt=2 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}|end=17 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4365}}}} | ||
Revision as of 18:43, 8 October 2018
| H.M.S. Duncan (1932) | |
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| Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard |
| Launched: | 7 Jul, 1932[1] |
| Broken up: | 1945[2] |
H.M.S. Duncan was one of fourteen "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
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 5 April, 1933 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean, bearing Captain (D).[3]
Re-commissioned on 11 December, 1935 for service as flagship of the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, operating on the China Station.[4]
Captains
- Captain Edward C. Thornton, 1 April, 1932[5] – April, 1933[6]
- Captain Harold T. Baillie-Grohman, 10 February, 1934[7] (and as Captain (D), First Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Richard S. Benson, 24 August, 1935[8] – 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[9] – 2 January, 1940[10] (and as Captain (D), Twenty-first Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Jocelyn S. C. Salter, 2 January, 1940[11] – 17 February, 1940[12]
- Commander Antony Fane De Salis, 17 February, 1940[13] – 18 February, 1940[14]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Clive Gwinner, 18 February, 1940[15] – 12 July, 1940[16]
- Commander Arthur D. B. James, 12 July, 1940[17] – 13 February, 1941[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur N. Rowell, 13 February, 1941[19] – 25 May, 1942[20]
- Captain Hugh St. L. Nicolson, 25 May, 1942[21] – 16 December, 1942[22]
- Lieutenant in Command Bernard M. Skinner, 16 December, 1942[23] – 10 March, 1943[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Clive Gwinner, 10 March, 1943[25] – 1 April, 1943[26]
- Commander Peter W. Gretton, 12 April, 1943[27] – November, 1943[28]
- Lieutenant in Command Denis G. D. Hall-Wright, 10 April, 1944[29] – mid 1945[30]
James Abernethy McCoy may have commanded her at some point.
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. (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.
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