HMS Dainty (H53)
Navy: | Royal Navy |
Type: | Destroyer |
Class: | D Class |
Pennant: | H53 |
Built by: | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) |
Laid down: | 20 Apr, 1931 |
Launched: | 3 May, 1932 |
Commissioned: | 3 Jan, 1933 |
Complement: | 145 |
Lost: | 24 Feb, 1941 sunk by German Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers in position (32.04.41N 02.04.75E) off Tobruk , Libya .Eastern Mediterranean, |
History: |
Events involving
Dainty :
27 Jun, 1940
29 Jun,
1940 It is also possible the Argonauta was depth charged and sunk around 1450hours that same day by Sunderland L5804 (R.A.F.) in position 37.29N, 19.51E.
29 Jun,
1940 |