H.M.S. Cygnet (1931)

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H.M.S. Cygnet (1931)
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow
Launched: 29 Sep, 1931[1]
Commissioned: 5 Apr, 1932[2]
Broken up: 1947[3]

H.M.S. Cygnet was one of fourteen "C" and "D" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Commissioned at Devonport on 5 April, 1932.[4]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 31 August, 1934 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet.[5]

She was sold to the Royal Canadian Navy in late 1937, becoming H.M.C.S. St. Laurent.

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 228.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. p. 38.
  4. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 228.
  5. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 227.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 228.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 227.


"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  
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