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HMS Dainty (D108)

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Name
  
HMS Dainty

Laid down
  
17 December 1945

Identification
  
Pennant number D108

Launched
  
16 August 1950

Draft
  
4.15 m

Ordered
  
24 January 1945

Commissioned
  
26 February 1953

Construction started
  
17 December 1945

Length
  
119 m

Builder
  
J. Samuel White

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Fate
  
Sold for breaking, 1 January 1971

HMS Dainty was a Daring-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was launched in 1950 and sold for breaking in 1971.

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Construction

Dainty was ordered from J. Samuel White on 24 January 1945 and laid down on 17 December the same year. She was launched on 16 August 1950 and commissioned on 26 February 1953.

Service

Dainty was commissioned for the second time on 20 January 1959, when she became part of the 2nd Destroyer Squadron as part of the Home and Mediterranean Fleets.

Fate

Dainty was sold on 1 January 1971 and broken up at Cairnryan.

Publications

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475. 
  • McCart, Neil (2008). Daring Class Destroyers. Fan Publications. ISBN 978-1-904459-33-0. 

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