HMS Valentine (i) (L 69)

The wreck of HMS Valentine ca. 1980.

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Admiralty V & W
Pennant	L 69
Built by	Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.)
Ordered	Jul 1916
Laid down	7 Aug 1916
Launched	24 Mar 1917
Commissioned	27 Jun 1917
Lost	15 May 1940
Loss position	51.20N, 03.49E

History	Reconstruction to Fast Escort at Devonport Dockyard completed on 28 March 1940. Pennant number was D 49 changed to L 69 upon completion of this reconstruction. HMS Valentine (Cdr. Herbert James Buchanan, RAN) was beached and abandoned off Terneuzen, the Netherlands in position 51º20'N, 03º49'E after being bombed by German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers on 15 May 1940. The ship is still laying there, due the fact of possible explosives and a very nearby factory. With very low tide the bow is still visible in the mud.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Herbert James Buchanan, RAN	1 Feb 1940	15 May 1940

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