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HMS Highlander (H 44)

Destroyer of the Havant class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassHavant 
PennantH 44 
Built byThornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Sep, 1938 
Launched19 Oct, 1939 
Commissioned18 Mar, 1940 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryRequisitioned by the Royal Navy on 4 September 1939 while being built for the Brazilian Navy. Named HMS Highlander.

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 27 May 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Cdr. William Alexander Dallmeyer, RN
1 January 1940 – 14 January 1941
DSO awarded on 31 December 1940

Cdr. Sidney Boucher, RN
14 January 1941 – 31 July 1942

Cdr. Edward Campbell Lacy Day, RN
31 July 1942 – 26 August 1943

Cdr. Colin William McMullen, DSC, RN
26 August 1943 – December 1943

HMS Highlander in Dockyard Control during refit

Lt. Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins, RN
13 March 1944 - 7 February 1945

A/Cdr. Martyn Butt Sherwood, DSO and Bar, RN (retired)
7 February 1945 – 20 April 1945

Lt. Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins, RN
20 April 1945 – 28 August 1945

Lt. Richard Edward Roe, RN
28 August 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List 

Former nameBrazilian Jaguaribe

Noteable events involving Highlander include:

26 Aug, 1940
HMS Highlander (Cdr. W.A. Dallmeyer, RN) picks up survivors from the British merchant Yewcrest that was sunk with gunfire by the German submarine U-37 southwest of Iceland in position 55º10'N, 25º02'W.

13 Sep, 1940
During the night of 13/14 September 1940 the destroyers HMS Highlander (Cdr. W.A. Dallmeyer, RN), HMS Harvester (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, RN), HMS Bulldog (Lt.Cdr. F.J.G. Hewitt, RN) and HMS Beagle (Lt.Cdr. R.H. Wright, RN) bombard Cherbourg in a sweep through the Seine Bay.

30 Oct, 1940
The German submarine U-32 was sunk north-west of Ireland, in position 55º37'N, 12º19'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Harvester (Lt.Cdr. C.M. Thornton, RN) and HMS Highlander (Cdr. W.A. Dallmeyer, RN). (see map)


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