HMS Thanet (H29)(G29)
| Navy: | Royal Navy |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Class: | Admiralty S |
| Pennant: | H 29 /G29 |
| Built by: | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered: | Jun, 1917 |
| Laid down: | 13 Dec, 1917 |
| Launched: | 5 Nov, 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 30 Aug, 1919 |
| Complement: | 134 |
| Lost: | 27 Jan, 1942 (Lt. Cdr. B.S. Davies,
RN.) was sunk
by gunfire of
Japanese 5.5” cruiser ‘Sendai’ and Destroyers
Fubuki, Asagiri, Yugiri, Shirayuki and the minesweeper W1 off Endau
(east coast of Malaya) while attacking Japanese transport ships together
with HMAS Vampire. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. Bernard Sydney Davies, RN (retired)
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