HMS Delight
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HMS Delight was a D-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Delight 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. Delight was transferred back to the Mediterranean Fleet just before the Second World War began in September 1939. She served with the Home Fleet during the Norwegian Campaign. The ship was sunk by German dive-bombers on 29 July 1940 while attempting to transit the English Channel in daylight.
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H38
speed 36 knot, beam 10.1 metre, length 100.3 metre, draft 3.78 metre,
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Royal Navy, United Kingdom,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1645 | Battle of Weymouth | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1653 | Battle of Portland | Dutch Republic, Commonwealth of England, naval battle | Wikidata |
| link | page | Dreadnought Project page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | uboat.net page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | naval-history.net page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | SM UB-74 | Type UB III submarine, U-boat | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS LST-531 | tank landing ship, LST-491-class tank landing ship | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Battery 200yds (180m) E of the Naval cemetery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Battery approximately 160m NE of East Weare Camp | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Battery approximately 80m SE of East Weare Camp | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 210m west of Sandford House | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Light Anti-aircraft battery on Holton Heath, 650m south east of Sandford House | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Verne Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Verne High Angle Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | 1862 | East Weare Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | Ridgeway Hill Anti-Aircraft Operations Room | Royal Air Force, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Rufus Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Sandsfoot Castle | fort, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1100 | Corfe Castle | castle ruin, archaeological site, National Trust | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1539 | Portland Castle | military museum, historic house museum, fort, English Heritage, castle, independent museum | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Inner Pierhead Fort | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Portland Breakwater Fort | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Upton Fort | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1857 | Verne Citadel | fort, citadel | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1860 | Nothe Fort | local authority museum, military museum, fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1900 | Blacknor Fort | fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | Maritime House | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1877 | The Keep Military Museum | independent museum, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1947 | The Tank Museum | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | HMS A3 | A-class submarine, sunken vessel, submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Boadicea | shipwreck, B-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Delight | D-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Foylebank | warship, shipwreck, cargo ship | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS L24 | sunken vessel, submarine, L-class submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMT Arfon | naval trawler, shipwreck, fishing trawler | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | USS LST-507 | shipwreck, tank landing ship, recreational dive site, LST-491-class tank landing ship | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | USS S-24 | shipwreck, S-class submarine, submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1891 | HMS Hood | pre-dreadnought battleship, Royal Sovereign-class pre-dreadnought battleship, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1917 | HMS Warrior | steam yacht, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1918 | HMS M2 | M-class submarine, shipwreck, submarine | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1936 | Minerve | shipwreck, submarine | Wikidata |

