| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Falmouth |
| Pennant | L 84 |
| Built by | Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.): Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 16 Mar 1931 |
| Laid down | 1 Dec 1931 |
| Launched | 20 Sep 1932 |
| Commissioned | 31 Mar 1933 |
| Lost | 15 Sep 1940 |
| Loss position | 56° 45'N, 14° 14'W |
| History | At 00.24 hours on 15 Sepember 1940 the German submarine U-48 attacked the convoy SC-3 west of Ireland and missed the British steam merchant Empire Soldier, which had been slightly damaged in a collision some time before. At 00.25, U-48 torpedoed and sank the only escort of this convoy, HMS Dundee (Capt. Oliver Maurice Fitz-Gerald Stokes, RN (retired)) in position 56º45'N, 14º14'W. Hit by U-boat |
| U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Dundee |
Commands listed for HMS Dundee (L 84)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. Cecil Charles Acland Allen, RN | 19 Apr 1938 | 20 Feb 1940 |
| 2 | Capt. (retired) Oliver Maurice Fitz-Gerald Stokes, DSO, RN | 20 Feb 1940 | 15 Sep 1940 |
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Notable events involving Dundee include:
13 Jul 1940
HrMs O 15 (Lt. H.M.L.F.E. van Oostrom Soede, RNN) ended her refit at Curacao. She departed for Bermuda the same day. She made the passage together with the British sloop HMS Dundee (Capt.(Retd.) O.M.F. Stokes, RN).
For the daily positions of HrMs O 15 during this passage see the map below.
O 15 was to proceed to Halifax, Canada. There she was to join a convoy for onward passage to the U.K. where she was to join the 9th Submarine Flotilla based at Dundee.
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