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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]]. | ||
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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=1933|precBy=New Command}} | + | {{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={{LCommRN}}|name=William Archibald Rosebery Cartwright|nick=William A. R. Cartwright|appt=20 July, 1933{{NLJan33|p. 228}}|end=7 January, 1935}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Archibald Rosebery Cartwright|nick=William A. R. Cartwright|appt=20 July, 1933{{NLJan33|p. 228}}|end=7 January, 1935}} | ||
{{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}}}} | {{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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Latest revision as of 17:50, 15 July 2021
| H.M.S. Dainty (1932) | |
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| 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
- Lieutenant-Commander John R. N. Taylor, 1 September, 1932[5] – August, 1933[6]
- Lieutenant-Commander William A. R. Cartwright, 20 July, 1933[7] – 7 January, 1935
- Commander Mervyn S. Thomas, October, 1934[8] – 17 December, 1934[9][Inference] (transferred out to Whitshed)
- Commander Richard S. Lovatt, c. 17 December, 1934[10][11] – early 1935[12] (transferred in from Whitshed)
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey Barnard, early 1935[Inference] – September, 1935[Inference]
- Commander Richard S. Lovatt, September, 1935[13] – 18 January, 1936[14]
- Commander Royer M. Dick, 15 March, 1936[15] – 29 May, 1938[16]
- Commander Frank M. Walton, c. 29 May, 1938 – 6 February, 1940[17]
- Commander Mervyn S. Thomas, 6 February, 1940[18] – 24 February, 1941[19] (ship lost under his command)
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. (October, 1935). p. 227.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 228.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/67. f. 67.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 228.
- ↑ Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. 200.
- ↑ Thomas Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/201. f. 200.
- ↑ Lovatt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/37. f. 37.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1934, p. 21.
- ↑ Lovatt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/37. f. 37.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 227.
- ↑ Lovatt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/37. f. 37.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 228.
- ↑ Dick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120. f. 66.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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