| 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° 08'N, 2° 15'E |
| 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)
Please note that we're still working on this section.
| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Anthony Frank Burnell-Nugent, RN | 21 Nov 1939 | 1 Jun 1940 |
You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.
Notable events involving Havant include:
16 Mar 1940
HMS Tarpon (Lt.Cdr. H.J. Caldwell, RN) departed the Clyde area for Portsmouth. She was escorted by HMS Havelock (Capt. E.B.K. Stevens, DSC, RN) and HMS Havant (Lt.Cdr. A.F. Burnell-Nugent, RN). (1)
Media links
|
|
Sources
- ADM 199/2572
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.