HMS Daring (H16)

Coordinates: 58°39′N 01°40′W / 58.650°N 1.667°W / 58.650; -1.667
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China Station
white paint
History
United Kingdom
NameDaring
Ordered2 February 1931
Builder
John I Thornycroft, Southampton
Laid down18 June 1931
Launched7 April 1932
Commissioned25 November 1932
IdentificationPennant number: H16
Motto
  • Splendide audax
  • ("Finely Daring")
FateTorpedoed and sunk by U-23, 18 February 1940
Badge
  • On a Field Black, an arm and a hand in a cresset of fire all Proper
General characteristics as built
Class and typeD-class destroyer
Displacement1,375 long tons (1,397 t) (standard)
Length329 ft (100.3 m) o/a
Beam33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power
  • 3 ×
    Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 36,000 
    kW
    )
Propulsion2 × shafts: 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range5,870 nmi (10,870 km; 6,760 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement145
Sensors and
processing systems
ASDIC
Armament
  • 4 × single
    4.7 in (120 mm) guns
  • 1 × single
    AA gun
  • 2 × single
    2 pdr (40 mm (1.6 in))
    AA guns
  • 2 × quadruple
    21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × depth charge rail, 2 throwers; 20 depth charges

HMS Daring was a

China Station. She was briefly commanded by Louis Mountbatten before World War II. Daring escorted convoys in the Red Sea in October–November 1939 and then returned to the UK in January 1940 for the first time in five years. While escorting a convoy from Norway, she was sunk by the German submarine U-23
in February 1940.

Description

Daring displaced 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) at

deep load. The ship had an overall length of 329 feet (100.3 m), a beam of 33 feet (10.1 m) and a draught of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). She was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines, driving two shafts, which developed a total of 36,000 shaft horsepower (27,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Steam for the turbines was provided by three Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers. Daring carried a maximum of 473 long tons (481 t) of fuel oil that gave her a range of 5,870 nautical miles (10,870 km; 6,760 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship's complement was 145 officers and men.[1]

The ship mounted four 45-

21-inch torpedoes.[2] One depth charge rail and two throwers were fitted; 20 depth charges were originally carried, but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began.[3]

Career

Daring was ordered on 2 February 1931 under the 1930 Naval Estimates, and was laid down at

Admiralty, such as weapons, ammunition and wireless equipment. The ship was initially assigned to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean and made a brief deployment to the Persian Gulf and Red Sea in September–October 1933.[4] Lord Louis Mountbatten assumed command on 29 April 1934,[5] and Daring was given a refit at Sheerness Dockyard from 3 September to 24 October to prepare the ship for service on the China Station.[6]

In December 1934 she sailed to join the 8th Destroyer Flotilla in the Far East and served there until the outbreak of war. Upon the ship's arrival at Singapore, Lord Mountbatten was transferred to command HMS Wishart and Commander Geoffrey Barnard assumed command.[6][7] The ship and her

capsized and sank very quickly after having her stern blown off; 157 of the ship's company were lost. One officer (Lawrence Andrew Rogers RN) and three ratings were picked up from a Carley float by the destroyer Inglefield and landed at Scapa Flow on 20 February. One rating was rescued from wreckage by her sister Ilex, assisted by the submarine Thistle and landed at Rosyth on 19 February.[8]

A model of HMS Daring by Norman A. Ough is held by the National Maritime Museum.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ Whitley, p. 102
  2. ^ Friedman, pp. 215, 299
  3. ^ English, p. 141
  4. ^ English, pp. 51, 54
  5. ^ "Destroyer Design — HMS Kelly". Naval Historical Society of Australia. 4 December 1979. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  6. ^ a b English, p. 54
  7. ^ "Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975". King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  8. ^ https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/264.html
  9. ^ "Norman Ough's HMS Daring". Royal Museums Greenwich. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015.

References

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