HMS Valentine (i) (L 69)

The wreck of HMS Valentine ca. 1980.

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Admiralty V & W
Pennant	L 69
Mod	Fast escort
Built by	Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, U.K.)
Ordered	Jul 1916
Laid down	7 Aug 1916
Launched	24 Mar 1917
Commissioned	27 Jun 1917
Lost	15 May 1940
Loss position	51° 20'N, 3° 49'E

History	Reconstruction to Fast Escort at Devonport Dockyard completed on 28 March 1940. Pennant number was D 49 changed to L 69 upon completion of this reconstruction. HMS Valentine (Cdr. Herbert James Buchanan, RAN) was beached and abandoned off Terneuzen, the Netherlands in position 51º20'N, 03º49'E after being bombed by German Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers on 15 May 1940. The ship is still laying there, due the fact of possible explosives and a very nearby factory. With very low tide the bow is still visible in the mud.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Herbert James Buchanan, RAN	1 Feb 1940	15 May 1940

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