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HMS Dainty (H53)

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from 30 September 1935 to June 1936 during the Abyssinian Crisis. The ship was refitted afterwards in Hong Kong between 21 September and 15 October and conducted anti-piracy patrols after her refit was complete. On 21 January 1937, the merchant ship SS
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participated in the Battle of Calabria on 9 July as an escort for the heavy ships of Force C and unsuccessfully engaged Italian destroyers and suffered no damage. Together with her sisters
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operating in the South Atlantic. The ship was transferred back to the Mediterranean Fleet in April and was given another refit at Malta from 21 April to 2 June 1940. On its completion,
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was hit by a 1,000 lb (450 kg) bomb which passed through the captain's cabin and detonated in the fuel tanks. This started a large fire, which caused her after
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began in September 1939. She briefly was assigned to West Africa for convoy escort duties in 1940 before returning to the Mediterranean. The ship participated in the
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on 20 April 1931. She was launched on 3 May 1932 and completed on 22 December 1932, at a total cost of £229,378, excluding equipment supplied by the
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and then to Malta in early November. In December she was assigned to intercept enemy supply convoys along the North African coast and captured two
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returned to patrol the North African coast. In the late afternoon of 24 February she left Tobruk on a patrol, accompanied by the destroyer
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rail and two throwers were fitted; 20 depth charges were originally carried, but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began.
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Together with three Australian destroyers and two British anti-aircraft cruisers, the ship escorted a convoy from Egypt to
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between 3 September and 23 October 1934 for service on the China Station with the 8th (later the 21st) Destroyer
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being shipped across the Mediterranean throughout October and November, before undergoing a refit at
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was ordered on 2 February 1931 under the 1930 Naval Estimates and was laid down at the yards of the
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from 8–30 December. On its completion she was transferred to the 2nd Destroyer Division, based in
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in January–March 1938. As war loomed, she was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet, arriving at
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in July 1940 and was assigned to convoy escort and patrol duties until she was sunk by German
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Struggle for the Middle Sea: The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940–1945
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posted a guard aboard her until she was refloated. The ship made a number of port visits in
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and arrived there on 3 January 1935. She was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet in the
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was able to escape. The British ships were able to salvage important
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of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). She was powered by
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was transferred back to the Mediterranean Fleet just before
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machine gun. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple
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in the early 1930s. The ship was initially assigned to the
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on 30 September 1939, after the outbreak of World War II.
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in the Mediterranean and made a brief deployment to the
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to Suda Bay after the latter had been torpedoed by the
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and damaged her badly, forcing her crew to abandon and
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s crew were killed in the attack and 18 were wounded.
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On 12 June, she rescued over 400 survivors from the
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The ships were attacked by 13 892:. She towed the disabled tanker 785:, she escorted Convoy AN.2 from 747:on 29 June as she returned from 46: 31: 843:to Malta with relief supplies. 736:material, including the latest 469:that gave her a range of 5,870 437:of 33 feet (10.1 m) and a 433:of 329 feet (100.3 m), a 1: 2034:Ships sunk by German aircraft 497:QF 0.5-inch Vickers Mark III 386:during late 1935 during the 2014:Destroyers sunk by aircraft 1164:O'Hara, Vincent P. (2009). 793:in late July. 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One 489:Dainty 463:Dainty 419:Dainty 408:Tobruk 392:Dainty 363:was a 360:Dainty 199:Length 64:Dainty 1623:Diana 1611:Decoy 1564:Diana 1557:Decoy 1464:Comet 1381:Comet 950:Notes 944:' 918:Hasty 870:Crete 841:Egypt 787:Egypt 730:Salpa 721:Salpa 674:Decoy 671:and 648:Crete 612:Malta 528:Govan 455:knots 345:20 × 301:ASDIC 275:Range 268:knots 263:Speed 158:Badge 139:Motto 86:Govan 1968:1942 1960:1941 1952:1940 1621:(ex- 1609:(ex- 1474:(ex- 1462:(ex- 1450:(ex- 1438:(ex- 1426:(ex- 1256:HMS 1247:HMS 1227:ISBN 1208:ISBN 1189:ISBN 1170:ISBN 1151:ISBN 1132:ISBN 1113:ISBN 900:Lupo 876:off 849:Ilex 847:and 836:Volo 832:and 810:Juno 779:and 761:and 718:and 710:Ilex 708:and 683:and 680:Ilex 578:and 549:and 435:beam 406:off 358:HMS 318:1 × 312:4 × 210:Beam 150:Fate 96:Cost 62:HMS 59:Name 290:145 280:nmi 266:36 231:shp 204:o/a 134:H53 2000:: 1884:, 1867:, 1861:, 1823:, 1817:, 1750:, 1734:, 1011:^ 868:, 807:, 797:, 751:. 634:. 618:, 530:, 526:, 461:. 88:, 84:, 1695:e 1688:t 1681:v 1625:) 1613:) 1478:) 1466:) 1454:) 1442:) 1430:) 1320:e 1313:t 1306:v 1235:. 1216:. 1197:. 1178:. 1159:. 1140:. 1121:. 23:.

Index

HMS Dainty

Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Govan
Scotstoun
Pennant number
D-class
destroyer
o/a
shp
Parsons
steam turbines
boilers
knots
nmi
ASDIC
QF 4.7-inch Mark IX guns
12-pounder
anti-aircraft
QF .5-inch Vickers Mark III
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
depth charges
D-class
destroyer
Royal Navy
Mediterranean Fleet
China Station
Red Sea
Abyssinia Crisis

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