Allied Warships
HMS Valentine (i) (L 69)
Destroyer of the Admiralty V & W class
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. |
Commands listed for HMS Valentine (i) (L 69)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Cdr. Herbert James Buchanan, RAN | 1 Feb 1940 | 15 May 1940 |
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