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HMS Dainty |
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HMS Dainty Laid Down : 20th April 1931 Launched : 3rd May 1932 Completed : 3rd January 1933 Type : Destroyer Class : D Builder : Fairfield Country : UK Pennants : H53, I52 Fate : Sunk 24th February 1941. |
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  HMS Dainty, 1932. |
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3rd May 1931 - Launched 3rd May 1931 - Pennant H53 6th April 1932 - Off Hyeres 3rd January 1933 - Commissioned 14th January 1933 - Arrived Port Galaxidi 19th January 1933 - Arrived Portland 19th January 1933 - Sailed Portsmouth for Portland 25th January 1933 - Sailed Port Galaxidi 1st February 1933 - Arrived Malta 7th March 1933 - Sailed Malta for Pollensa Bay 10th March 1933 - Arrived Palma 30th March 1933 - Arrived Golfe Juan 8th April 1933 - Sailed Antibes for Malta 10th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor 25th September 1933 - Arrived Henjam 2nd November 1933 - Arrived Port Said and sailed for Malta 5th November 1933 - Arrived Malta 9th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for cruise 10th January 1934 - Arrived Sfax 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 23rd March 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 27th March 1934 - Arrived St. Maxime 10th April 1934 - Sailed Gulf of St. Trpoez for Rapallo 11th April 1934 - Arrived Rapallo 24th April 1934 - Sailed Rapallo for Malta 25th July 1934 - Arrived Phalerum Bay 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 23rd August 1934 - Sailed Malta for the UK 9th November 1934 - Arrived Malta 1st December 1934 - Arrived Colombo 5th December 1934 - Sailed Colombo for Singapore 10th December 1934 - Arrived Singapore 11th December 1934 - Arrived Singapore 18th December 1934 - Sailed Singapore for Malta 18th December 1934 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla (China Station) 19th December 1934 - Sailed Singapore for Borneo 22nd December 1934 - Arrived Labuan 26th December 1934 - Sailed Labuan for Manila 1st January 1935 - Sailed Manila for Hong Kong 3rd January 1935 - Arrived Hong Kong 15th March 1935 - Arrived Hong Kong 9th April 1935 - Sailed Hong Kong for Haiphong 11th April 1935 - Arrived Haiphong 30th July 1935 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 28th December 1935 - Arrived Manila 2nd April 1936 - Sailed Aden for Suez 5th April 1936 - Arrived Suez 20th July 1936 - Arrived Colombo 19th September 1936 - En route from Wei Hai Wei to Hong Kong 23rd April 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong 26th April 1937 - Arrived Hong Kong 28th May 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong for Wei Hai Wei 3rd June 1937 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 4th August 1937 - Arrived Tsingtao 10th October 1937 - Arrived Amoy 11th December 1937 - Sailed Shanghai 13th December 1937 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei January 1938 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla January 1938 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, China Station 10th February 1938 - Cdr. Frank Michael Walton, RN In Command 12th March 1938 - Sailed Manila 20th April 1938 - Sailed Hong Kong for Amoy 12th September 1938 - Sailed Hong Kong 8th May 1939 - Sailed Hong Kong for Tsingtao 11th May 1939 - Sailed Sharp Peak 5th June 1939 - Arrived Chefoo 27th July 1939 - Arrived Hong Kong 2nd September 1939 - At Amoy 2nd September 1939 - 21st Destroyer Flotilla, Division 42, China Station 9th October 1939 - Exercised off Alexandri 11th October 1939 - Sailed Port Said escorting Convoy Blue 4 16th October 1939 - Detached from Convoy Blue 4 to refuel at Malta 18th October 1939 - Sailed Malta to escort HMS Ramilles 20th October 1939 - Arrived Alexandria 25th October 1939 - Sailed Alexandria on a 15-inch gun shoot 29th October 1939 - Sailed Alexandria for Malta 31st October 1939 - Arrived Malta 4th November 1939 - Sailed Malta 6th November 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar from Malta. Sailed same day 6th November 1939 - Relieved escorting HMS Warspite by HMS Isis 8th November 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for refitting at Malta 8th November 1939 - Arrived Malta 14th November 1939 - Arrived Halifax 28th November 1939 - Sailed Malta as escort for HMS Barham to Port Said 6th December 1939 - Sailed Alexandria 31st December 1939 - Sailed Malta for duty in the South Atlantic 4th January 1940 - Sailed Gibraltar for Freetown 10th January 1940 - Arrived Freetown for escort duties 16th January 1940 - Sailed Freetown escorting Convoy SL.17. Detached later same day 24th January 1940 - Sailed Freetown to rendezvous with HMS Exeter 24th January 1940 - Sailed Freetown 29th January 1940 - Arrived Freetown for refuelling and sailed same day 3rd February 1940 - Arrived Freetown 6th February 1940 - Sailed Freetown 6th February 1940 - Cdr. Mervyn Somerset Thomas, RN In Command 19th February 1940 - Arrived Dakar after VO operations 23rd February 1940 - Arrived at Freetown. 7th September 1940 - Battle Of Punto Stilo, Italy 7th September 1940 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla 24th February 1941 - Sunk by five He.111 of II/KG.26 from Comiso (Sicily) | |||
HMS Dainty Artwork Collection |
  Veterans of the Med by Ivan Berryman. |
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Last edited : 16:30, March 15, 2011
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First Added : 11:45, December 9, 2010
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