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HMS Duchess Laid Down : 20th June 1931 Launched : 19th July 1932 Completed : 24th January 1933 Type : Destroyer Class : D Builder : Hawthorn Leslie Country : UK Pennants : H64, I94 Fate : Sunk in collision, 12th December 1939. |
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12th June 1931 - Laid down 6th April 1932 - Off Hyeres 19th July 1932 - Launched at Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd (Jarrow-on-Tyne, U.K.) 19th July 1932 - Pennant H64 14th January 1933 - Arrived Port Galaxidi 24th January 1933 - Commissioned 24th January 1933 - Commissioned 25th January 1933 - Sailed Port Galaxidi 27th January 1933 - Arrived Sheerness 1st February 1933 - Arrived Malta 1st March 1933 - At Portland 7th March 1933 - Sailed Malta for Pollensa Bay 10th March 1933 - Arrived Palma 15th March 1933 - Arrived Portsmouth 16th March 1933 - Sailed Portsmouth for Chatham 6th April 1933 - Sailed Sheerness 11th April 1933 - Arrived Gibraltar 12th April 1933 - Sailed Gibraltar 16th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 17th April 1933 - Arrived Gibraltar 18th April 1933 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 22nd 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 Tripoli 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 30th August 1934 - Arrived Sheerness 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 19th December 1934 - Sailed Singapore for Borneo 22nd December 1934 - Arrived Singapore 26th December 1934 - Sailed Jesselton for Manila 1st January 1935 - Sailed Manila for Hong Kong 3rd January 1935 - Arrived Hong Kong 18th January 1935 - Sailed Hong Kong 23rd March 1935 - Sailed Hong Kong 16th April 1935 - Arrived Hong Kong 24th April 1935 - Arrived Hong Kong 28th December 1935 - Arrived Manila 28th January 1936 - Arrived Hong Kong 11th May 1936 - Sailed Kobe for Kagoshima 27th May 1936 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 26th July 1936 - Arrived Shanghai 31st August 1936 - Arrived Hong Kong 8th September 1936 - Arrived Hong Kong 12th September 1936 - Arrived Hong Kong 24th September 1936 - Arrived Hong Kong 24th September 1936 - Arrived Hong Kong 6th October 1936 - Arrived Hong Kong 6th March 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong 11th April 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong 11th April 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong 16th August 1937 - Arrived Shanghai 11th November 1937 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 12th December 1937 - Arrived Hong Kong January 1938 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla January 1938 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, China Station 10th March 1938 - Sailed Swatow 11th March 1938 - Arrived Hong Kong 28th September 1938 - Lt.Cdr. Robert Charles Meadows White, RN In Command 30th December 1938 - Arrived Hong Kong 20th March 1939 - Arrived Malta 11th April 1939 - Sailed Hong Kong for Amoy 12th April 1939 - Arrived Amoy 7th May 1939 - Arrived Hong Kong 28th August 1939 - Sailed Hong Kong 1st September 1939 - Arrived Singapore 2nd September 1939 - Sailed Singapore en route for Aden 2nd September 1939 - 21st Destroyer Flotilla, Division 41, China Station 5th October 1939 - Arrived Malta 14th October 1939 - Arrived Gibraltar 16th October 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar escorting Convoy Green 5 17th October 1939 - Detached from Convoy Green 5 17th October 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for Malta 20th October 1939 - Arrived Malta 26th October 1939 - Abandoned her Kithera patrol 24 hours early to take an injured man to Malta. 16th November 1939 - Sailed Malta escorting Liner Franconia 6th December 1939 - Sailed Gibraltar for service with the Home Fleet 12th December 1939 - Involved in a collision 12th December 1939 - Collided with battleship HMS Barham & sinks nine miles off the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland | |||
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Last edited : 19:48, March 17, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 11:54, December 9, 2010
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