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HMS Belmont (H 46)

Destroyer of the Town class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassTown 
PennantH 46 
Built byNewport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down10 Jul, 1918 
Launched21 Dec, 1918 
Commissioned9 Oct, 1940 
Lost31 Jan, 1942 
Loss position42.02N, 57.18W (See a map)
 
HistoryThe HMS Belmont (Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Bransby O'Brien Harding, RN) was serving in the 3rd Escort Group when she was torpedoed south of Newfoundland in position 42º02'N, 57º18'W. There were no survivors, all 138 crewmembers perished.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. P.J. Fitzgerald, RN (retired)
8 October 1940 – 11July 1941

Lt.Cdr. Geoffrey Bransby O\'Brien Harding, RN
11 July 1941 – 31 January 1942+ 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 31 Jan, 1942 by U-82 (Rollmann).

Former nameUSS Satterlee (DD 190)

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