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HMS Daring (H 16)

Destroyer of the D class


HMS Daring before the Second World War

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassD 
PennantH 16 
Built byThornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down18 Jun, 1931 
Launched7 Apr, 1932 
Commissioned25 Nov, 1932 
Lost18 Feb, 1940 
Loss position58.40N, 01.35W (See a map)
 
HistoryOn 18 February 1940 HMS Daring (Cdr. Sydney Alan Cooper, RN) was torpedoed and sunk about 40 nautical miles east of the Pentland Firth in position 58º40'N, 01º35'W by the German submarine U-23. HMS Daring was escorting convoy HN-12 from Bergen to Methil. There were only 5 survivors, 157 men were lost.

Commanding Officer:
Cdr. Sydney Alan Cooper, RN
7 July 1939 - 18 February 1940+ 

Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 18 Feb, 1940 by U-23 (Kretschmer).

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