H.M.S. Duncan (1932)
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H.M.S. Duncan (1932) | |
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Builder: | Portsmouth Royal Dockyard |
Launched: | 7 Jul, 1932[1] |
Broken up: | 1945[2] |
Contents
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 on 11 December, 1935 for service as flagship of the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla, operating on the China Station.[4]
Captains
- Captain Edward C. Thornton, 1 April, 1932[5] – April, 1933[6]
- Captain Harold T. Baillie-Grohman, 10 February, 1934[7] (and as Captain (D), First Destroyer Flotilla)
- Captain Richard S. Benson, 24 August, 1935[8] – 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[9] – 2 January, 1940[10] (and as Captain (D), Twenty-first Destroyer Flotilla)
- Commander Jocelyn S. C. Salter, 2 January, 1940[11] – 17 February, 1940[12]
- Commander Antony Fane De Salis, 17 February, 1940[13] – 18 February, 1940[14]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Clive Gwinner, 18 February, 1940[15] – 12 July, 1940[16]
- Commander Arthur D. B. James, 12 July, 1940[17] – 13 February, 1941[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur N. Rowell, 13 February, 1941[19] – 25 May, 1942[20]
- Captain Hugh St. L. Nicolson, 25 May, 1942[21] – 16 December, 1942[22]
- Lieutenant in Command Bernard M. Skinner, 16 December, 1942[23] – 10 March, 1943[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Clive Gwinner, 10 March, 1943[25] – 1 April, 1943[26]
- Commander Peter W. Gretton, 12 April, 1943[27] – November, 1943[28]
- Lieutenant in Command Denis G. D. Hall-Wright, 10 April, 1944[29] – mid 1945[30]
James Abernethy McCoy may have commanded her at some point.
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. (July, 1934). p. 236.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 234.
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