HMS Duchess

HMS Duchess was a D-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet before she was transferred to the China Station in early 1935. She was temporarily deployed in the Red Sea during late 1935 during the Abyssinia Crisis, before returning to her duty station where she remained until mid-1939. Duchess was transferred back to the Mediterranean Fleet just before the Second World War began in September 1939. While escorting the battleship HMS Barham back to the British Isles, she was accidentally rammed by the battleship in thick fog and sank with heavy loss of life on 12 December 1939.

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1933 Wikimedia, Wikidata
H64
beam 10.1 metre, draft 3.8 metre, speed 36 knot, length 100.3 metre, torpedo tube,
D-class destroyer, destroyer, shipwreck, Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom,

Location: 55.3621, -6.0465, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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SM UB-82 ⓘ
U-245 ⓘ
1943 Type VIIC submarine
U-680 ⓘ
1943 Type VIIC submarine

1933-01-24T00:00:00Z

1933 HMS Duchess

1931-06-12T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1933-01-24T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1939-12-12T00:00:00Z

destruction

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1932-07-19T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1933-01-27T00:00:00Z

ship completed

1565-05-12T00:00:00Z

1565 Battle of Glentaisie

1647-01-01T00:00:00Z

1647 Battle of Dunaverty

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HMS Duchess FL10926

HMS Duchess

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1565	Battle of Glentaisie	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1647	Battle of Dunaverty	Covenanters, battle	Wikidata
link	page		Canmore page^@		Wikidata
link	page		Dreadnought Project page^@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page^@		Wikidata
link	page		uboat.net page^@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-82	Type UB III submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-245	Type VIIC submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		U-680	Type VIIC submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
site	castle		Dunseverick Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1599	Dunaneeny Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Breda	shipwreck, ship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Godetia	shipwreck, Flower-class corvette, corvette	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1901	HMS Drake	shipwreck, armored cruiser, Drake-class armored cruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1913	HMS Calgarian	armed merchant cruiser, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1933	HMS Duchess	D-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Duchess FL10926		Commons
commons	image		HMS Duchess		Commons

HMS Duchess

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