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|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Highlander''''' was one of thirty-five [["G", "H" and "I" Class Destroyer (1935)|"G","H" and "I" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
 
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Highlander''''' was one of thirty-five [["G", "H" and "I" Class Destroyer (1935)|"G","H" and "I" Class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
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The ship was originally ordered by Brazil as ''Jaguaribe''.  Britain purchased her on 5 September, 1939 and renamed her ''Highlander''.  Upon her commissioning, she joined the {{UK-DF|9}}.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:19, 23 June 2022

H.M.S. Highlander (1939)
Pendant Number: H44
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Laid down: 28 Sep, 1938
Launched: 17 Oct, 1939[2]
Broken up: 1947[3]

H.M.S. Highlander was one of thirty-five "G","H" and "I" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

The ship was originally ordered by Brazil as Jaguaribe. Britain purchased her on 5 September, 1939 and renamed her Highlander. Upon her commissioning, she joined the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 40.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 40.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 40.


"G", "H" and "I" Class Destroyer
"G" Class Leader
  Grenville  
Destroyers
  Gallant Garland Gipsy Glowworm  
  Grafton Grenade Greyhound Griffin  
"H" Class Leader
  Hardy  
Destroyers
  Hasty Havock Hereward Hero  
  Hostile Hotspur Hunter Hyperion  
Brazilian "H" Destroyers
  Harvester Havant Havelock  
  Hesperus Highlander Hurricane  
"I" Class Leader
  Inglefield  
Destroyers
  Icarus Ilex Imogen Imperial  
  Impulsive Intrepid Isis Ivanhoe  
Turkish "I" Destroyers
  Inconstant Ithuriel  
<– "E" and "F" Class Destroyers (UK) Tribal Class –>


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