| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Havant |
| Pennant | H 32 |
| Built by | J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 30 Mar 1938 |
| Launched | 17 Jul 1939 |
| Commissioned | 19 Dec 1939 |
| Lost | 1 Jun 1940 |
| Loss position | 51.08N, 02.15E (See a map) |
| History | Requisitioned by the Royal Navy on 4 September 1939 while being built for the Brazilian Navy. Named HMS Havant. HMS Havant (Lt.Cdr. Anthony Frank Burnell-Nugent, DSC, RN) was heavily damaged by German aircraft off Dunkirk during the evacutation there. Havant was sunk by the minesweeper HMS Saltash (Lt.Cdr. T.R. Fowke, RN). |
| Former name | Brazilian Javary |
Commands listed for HMS Havant (H 32)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Anthony Frank Burnell-Nugent, RN | 21 Nov 1939 | 1 Jun 1940 |
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