- Author
- Hill, Roger, DSq DSC, Lieut Cdr, RN (Ret.)
- Subjects
- Ship histories and stories, WWII operations, History - WW2
- Tags
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- RAN Ships
- None noted.
- Publication
- March 1990 edition of the Naval Historical Review (all rights reserved)
British Destroyer losses – Royal Navy Ships only
| Blanche | 13.11.39 | Mined in Thames estuary by acoustic mine |
| Gipsy | 21.11.39 | Mined off Harwich by acoustic mine. |
| Duchess | 12.12.39 | Rammed and sunk in fog by Barham off Scotland |
| Grenville | 19.1.40 | Mined off Thames estuary. |
| Exmouth | 21.1.40 | Torpedoed by U22 east of Wick. |
| Daring | 18.2.40 | Torpedoed by U23 off Pentland Firth. |
| Glowworm | 8.4.40 | Damaged in action with Admiral Hipper, Norway, rammed her opponent and subsequently sank |
| Gurkha | 9.4.40 | Sunk by dive Bombers off Bergen. |
| Hardy | 10.4.40 | Sunk in action First Battle of Narvik. |
| Hunter | 10.4.40 | Sunk in action First Battle of Narvik. |
| Afridi | 3.5.40 | Sunk by German bombers off Trondheim |
| Valentine | 115.40 | Sunk by German bombers off Belgian coast. |
| Whitley | 19.5.40 | Sunk by German bombers off Belgian coast. |
| Wessex | 24.5.40 | Sunk by German bombers off Calais. |
| Grafton | 29.5.40 | Torpedoed by U62 during Dunkirk evacuation. |
| Grenade | 29.5.40 | Sunk by German bombers off Dunkirk. |
| Wakeful | 29.5.40 | Torpedoed by German E-boat off Dunkirk. |
| Basilisk | 1.6.40 | Sunk by Stukas off Dunkirk beaches. |
| Havant | 1.6.40 | Sunk by Stukas off Dunkirk beaches. |
| Keith | 1.6.40 | Sunk by Stukas off Dunkirk beaches. |
| Acasta | 8.6.40 | Sunk in action against Scharnhorst and Gneisenau trying to defend Glorious off Lofoten Islands. |
| Ardent | 8.6.40 | Sunk in action against Scharnhorst and Gneisenau trying to defend Glorious off Lofoten Islands. |
| Khartoum | 23.6.40 | Own torpedo warhead exploded aboard and ship beached at Perim, Red Sea, later written off. |
| Whirlwind | 5.7.40 | Torpedoed by U34 off Land’s End. |
| Escort | 11.7.40 | Torpedoed by It. submarine Marconi, Med. |
| Imogen | 16.7.40 | Rammed by Glasgow in fog off Pentland Firth |
| Brazen | 20.7.40 | Sunk by Stukas off Dover. |
| Codrington | 27.7.40 | Sunk by Stukas inside Dover harbour. |
| Wren | 27.7.40 | Sunk by German bombers off Suffolk coast. |
| Delight | 29.7.40 | Sunk by German torpedo bomber off Portland. |
| Hostile | 23.8.40 | Mined in Sicilian Channel |
| Esk | 31.8.40 | While on a minelaying mission off Holland ran into German minefield and sunk. |
| Ivanhoe | 31.8.40 | While on a minelaying mission off Holland ran into German minefield and sunk. |
| Venetia | 19.10.40 | Mined in Thames Estuary. |
| Sturdy | 30.1.0.40 | Wrecked in storm on West coast of Scotland. |
| Cameron | 5.12.40 | Sunk in air raid on Portsmouth. |
| Acheron | 17.12.40 | Mined off Isle of Wight while on trials. |
| Hyperion | 22.12.40 | Mined in Sicilian Channel. |
| Gallant | 10.1.41 | Mined in Sicilian Channel near Pantelleria. |
| Dainty | 24.2.41 | Torpedoed by It.destroyer Tarigo off Sfax. |
| Diamond | 27.4.41 | Bombed by Stukas during evacuation of Greece with survivors from Slamat aboard. |
| Wryneck | 27.4.41 | Bombed by Stukas during evacuation of Greece with survivors from Slamat aboard. |
| Jersey | 2.5.41 | Mined in entrance to Valletta harbour. |
| Juno | 21.5.41 | Bombed by German aircraft off Crete. |
| Greyhound | 22.5.41 | Bombed by German aircraft off Crete. |
| Kashmir | 23.5.41 | Sunk by Stukas south of Crete while returning from a bombardment. |
| Kelly | 23.5.41 | Sunk by Stukas south of Crete while returning from a bombardment. |
| Mashona | 28.5.41 | Sunk By German bombers off Ireland after Bismarck action in Atlantic. |
| Imperial | 29.5.41 | Bombed by German aircraft off Crete |
| Hereward | 29.5.41 | Bombed by German aircraft off Crete |
| Defender | 11.7.41 | Sunk by Stukas off Bardia. |
| Fearless | 23.7.41 | Sunk by Italian torpedo bombers West Med. |
| Broadwater | 18.10.41 | Torpedoed by U101 North Atlantic. |
| Cossack | 23.10.41 | Torpedoed by U563 west of Gibraltar. |
| Thracian | 16.12.41 | Run aground at Hong Kong and captured. |
| Kandahar | 19.12.41 | Mined north of Tripoli with Force `K’. |
| Stanley | 19.12.41 | Torpedoed by U574 North Atlantic. |
| Vimiera | 9.1.42 | Mined in Thames Estuary. |
| Gurkha (ex Larne) | 17.1.42 | Torpedoed by U133 off North Africa. |
| Matabele | 17.1.42 | T’orpedoed by U454 in Barents Sea. |
| Thanet | 27.1.42 | Sunk in action with Japanese fleet, Malaya. |
| Belmont | 31.1.42 | Torpedoed by U82 North Atlantic. |
| Maori | 12.2.42 | Bombed at night in Valletta harbour. |
| Electra | 27.2.42 | Sunk in- action Japanese fleet, Java Sea. |
| Jupiter | 27.2.42 | Lost on Dutch minefield, Java Sea. |
| Encounter | 1.3.42 | Sunk in action Japanese ships, Java Sea |
| Stronghold | 4.3.42 | Sunk in action Japanese fleet, south of Java |
| Vortigern | 15.3.42 | Torpedoed by German E-boat off Suffolk. |
| Heythrop | 20.3.42 | Torpedoed by U652 off Bardia. |
| Southwold | 24.3.42 | Mined at entrance to Valletta harbour. |
| Jaguar | 26.3.42 | Dive bombed off Malta and subsequently bombed twice in dry dock and written off as loss. |
| Campletown | 28.3.42 | Expended as a blockship in St.Nazaire raid. |
| Tenedos | 5.4.42 | Bombed Japanese carrier planes Colombo. |
| Havock | 6.4.42 | Ran aground off. Cape Bon and wreck abandoned. |
| Lance | 9.4.42 | Dive-bombed by Stukas in dry dock at Malta, hull saved but never repaired. |
| Kingston | 11.4.42 | Dive bombed by Stukas in dock at Malta. |
| Jackal | 11.5.42 | While searching for Italian convoy in Central Med. caught by German dive bombers and all sunk to the south of Crete. |
| Kipling | 11.5.42 | While searching for Italian convoy in Central Med. caught by German dive bombers and all sunk to the south of Crete. |
| Lively | 11.5.42 | While searching for Italian convoy in Central Med. caught by German dive bombers and all sunk to the south of Crete. |
| Punjabi | 1.5.42 | Rammed and sunk by King George V off Iceland. |
| Grove | 12.6.42 | Torpedoed by U77 off North African coast. |
| Airedale | 15.6.42 | Dive bombed south of Crete escorting convoy. |
| Bedouin | 15.6.42 | Damaged by Italian cruisers and subsequently sunk by torpedo bombers south of Pantelleria. |
| Hasty | 15.6.42 | Torpedoed by German E-boat north of Derna. |
| Wild Swan | 17.6.42 | Sunk after attacks by nine JU88s in Bay of Biscay after she had shot down six of them. |
| Foresight | 12.8.42 | Torpedoed by torpedo bomber and subsequently sunk by Tartar after towing attempts failed. |
| Berkeley | 19.8.42 | Bombed off Dieppe. |
| Sikh | 14.9.42 | Sunk by Italian shore batteries off Tobruk. |
| Zulu | 14.9.42 | Dive bombed off Alexandria returning from above raid. |
| Somali | 20.9.42 | Torpedoed by U703 in Arctic and sank after a long towing attempt by Ashanti |
| Veteran | 26.9.42 | Torpedoed by U404 in North Atlantic. |
| Broke | 8.11.42 | Sunk by Vichy-French batteries at Algiers. |
| Martin | 10.11.42 | Torpedoed by U355 off Algiers. |
| Quentin | 2.12.42 | Sunk by Italian torpedo bombers off Galita Isle. |
| Penylan | 3.12.42 | Torpedoed by German E-boat off Start Point. |
| Porcupine | 9.12.42 | Broken in half by torpedo from U602. Two halves (Pork and Pine as they were dubbed), both towed to port but never rejoined. |
| Blean | 11.12.42 | Torpedoed by U443 off Oran. |
| Firedrake | 17.12.42 | Torpedoed by U211 in North Atlantic. |
| Partridge | 18.12.42 | Torpedoed by U565 off Oran. |
| Achates | 31.12.43 | Sunk in action with German warships in Arctic |
| Harvester | 11.3.43 | Torpedoed by U432 in North Atlantic. |
| Lightning | 12.3.43 | Torpedoed by Italian E-boats off Bizerta. |
| Beverley | 11.4.43 | Torpedoed by U84 in North Atlantic. |
| Pakenham | 16.4.43 | Sunk by It. destroyer Cassiopea off Pantelleria. |
| Puckeridge | 6.9.43 | Torpedoed by U617 off Gibraltar. |
| Intrepid | 26.9.43 | Dive-bombed twice off Leros harbour, Aegean. |
| Panther | 9.10.43 | Dive-bombed by Stukas off Rhodes. |
| Hurworth | 22.10.43 | Mined off Cos Island, Aegean. |
| Limbourne | 23.10.43 | Sunk after action with German destroyers T.22 and T.24 off Brittany. |
| Eclipse | 24.10.43 | Mined in Aegean. |
| Dulverton | 13.11.43 | Sunk by glider bombs in Aegean. |
| Tynedale | 12.12.43 | Torpedoed by U593 off Bougie. |
| Holcombe | 12.12.43 | Torpedoed by U593 off Bougie. |
| Hurricane | 24.12.43 | Torpedoed by U415 in North Atlantic. |
| Janus | 23.1.44 | Sunk by glider bomb off Anzio beachead. |
| Hardy (2nd ship) | 30.1.44 | Torpedoed by U278 in Arctic. |
| Warwick | 20.2.44 | Torpedoed by U413 off Cornwall. |
| Mahratta | 25.2.44 | Torpedoed by U956 in Arctic. |
| Inglefield | 25.2.44 | Sunk by glider bomb off Anzio. |
| Laforey | 30.3.44 | Torpedoed by U223 north of Sicily. |
| Wrestler | 6.6.44 | Mined off Normandy. |
| Boadicea | 13.6.44 | Sunk by German torpedo bombers off Portland. |
| Quail | 18.6.44 | Mined in Gulf of Taranto and sank under tow |
| Fury | 21.6.44 | Mined off Normandy and subsequently foundered. |
| Swift | 24.6.44 | Mined off Normandy. |
| Isis | 20.7.44 | Mined off Normandy. |
| Quorn | 3.8.44 | Sunk by German explosives craft off Normandy. |
| Rockingham | 27.9.44 | Mined off Aberdeen. |
| Aldenham | 14.12.44 | Mined off Pola, Italy. |
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