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H.M.S. Duncan (1932)
Pendant Number:	D99
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 at Portsmouth on 25 October, 1934 for service as flagship of the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, operating on the China Station.^[4]

Re-commissioned on 11 December, 1935 for service as flagship of the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, operating on the China Station.^[5]

Captains

Captain Edward C. Thornton, 1 September, 1932^[6] – April, 1933^[7]
Captain Harold T. Baillie-Grohman, 10 February, 1934^[8] – c. late 1934^[9] (and as Captain (D), First Destroyer Flotilla)
Captain Alexander R. Hammick, 17 December, 1934^[10]^[11] – 1934^[12] (and as Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, transferring in)
Captain Richard S. Benson, 24 August, 1935^[13] – 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^[14] – 2 January, 1940^[15] (and as Captain (D), Twenty-first Destroyer Flotilla)
Commander Jocelyn S. C. Salter, 2 January, 1940^[16] – 17 February, 1940^[17]
Commander Antony Fane De Salis, 17 February, 1940^[18] – 18 February, 1940^[19]
Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Clive Gwinner, 18 February, 1940^[20] – 12 July, 1940^[21]
Commander Arthur D. B. James, 12 July, 1940^[22] – 13 February, 1941^[23]
Lieutenant-Commander Arthur N. Rowell, 13 February, 1941^[24] – 25 May, 1942^[25]
Captain Hugh St. L. Nicolson, 25 May, 1942^[26] – 16 December, 1942^[27]
Captain James A. McCoy, 7 August, 1942 – 4 September, 1942 (and as Captain (D), Second Destroyer Flotilla; temporary?)
Lieutenant in Command Bernard M. Skinner, 16 December, 1942^[28] – 10 March, 1943^[29]
Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Clive Gwinner, 10 March, 1943^[30] – 1 April, 1943^[31]
Commander Peter W. Gretton, 12 April, 1943^[32] – November, 1943^[33]
Lieutenant in Command Denis G. D. Hall-Wright, 10 April, 1944^[34] – mid 1945^[35]

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. (October, 1935). p. 235.
↑ 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.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1934, p. 21.
↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1934, p. 21.
↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.
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"C" and "D" Class Destroyer

"C" Class Leader

Kempenfelt

Destroyers

Comet

Crescent

Crusader

Cygnet

"D" Class Leader

Duncan

Destroyers

Dainty

Daring

Decoy

Defender

Delight

Diamond

Diana

Duchess

<–

"A" and "B" Class

Destroyers (UK)

"E" and "F" Class

–>

[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. (July, 1934). p. 236.

[4] The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 235.

[5] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.

[6] Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.

[7] Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.

[8] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 235.

[9] "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1934, p. 21.

[10] Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.

[11] "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1934, p. 21.

[12] Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.

[13] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.

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