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HMS Diana (H 49)

Destroyer of the D class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassD 
PennantH 49 
Built byPalmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd (Jarrow-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Jun, 1931 
Launched16 Jun, 1932 
Commissioned20 Dec, 1932 
End service6 Sep, 1940 
Loss position
 
HistoryHMS Diana was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Margaree on 6 September 1940.

Commanding Officer:
Lt.Cdr. Edward Gerard Le Geyt, RN
20 June 1939 – 6 September 1940 

Career notesBecame the Canadian destroyer Margaree

Noteable events involving Diana include:

21 Feb, 1940
HMS Diana (Lt.Cdr. E.G. Le Geyt, RN) picks up 35 men from the British merchant Loch Maddy that was torpedoed and damaged by the German submarine U-57 92 nautical miles south-south-west of Rockall.


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