Dates: 1918 - 1946

DRAGON" Class light cruiser ordered under the 1916 Emergency Programme from Palmers Engineering and Shipbuilding Company, Hebbum in September 1916. The ship was laid down in January 1917 and launched on 10th April 1918. Completed in December 1918 she began operational service in 1919. Whilst serving on the America and West Indies Station in July 1928 HMS DAUNTLESS ran aground off Halifax, Nova Scotia and sustained major damage. Her subsequent refit completed in 1930. After further service in the Fleet the ship was placed in Reserve in August 1936. Laid-up at Portsmouth she was brought forward for service in 1939. In December 1942 this cruiser was ‘adopted’ by the civil community of Taunton, Somerset following a successful Warship Week to promote National Savings.

Memories of HMS Dauntless

HMS Dauntless, in 2011
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"1961- Ajax 157-My Best and rewarding memory of HMS Dauntless was meeting Angela Walker, we shared a cabin together all through training and became very close friends, when we rec’d our posting, she was allocated as a Marine Wren and was posted to Plymouth, I had to stay on at Dauntless for a further few weeks and I lost conract with her. I have tried endlessly to find her on this site and various others to no avail. I will not give up. If anyone knows of her whereabouts, please get in touch.

1961 I was posted to HMS Sea Eagle, we lived in Laughton Matthews Block, I made many friends there, including Betty Self from Chingford(she named me Little Jan,) Catherine Mackenzie from Scarrell Terrace in Glasgow. I had many more friends there but their names escape me, I met and married my husband(now Ex) Pete Gwynn, Catherine was my Best Maid, Betty helped me make my going away! suit, it was red, she eventually married Scouse(Ralph)and was posted to Malta and Pete and I visited them over there. Get in touch if you remember me.

1971-HMS Chichester. My husband Pete was posted to Hong Kong, he was attached to HMS Chichester, and I joined him there with our two daughters, we made many friends there, Pamela and Barnie, Margaret and Brian Goff, there were many more but my memory for names at this moment is not good. We had a unforgetable time in HK, I have many treasured photographs of dances,banyans and pool parties, if anyone remembers us, please get in touch."

Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Dauntless

" Here are some of the things I still have from my WRNS days. I have a leter accepting my application. A 1956 letter telling me to report to HMS Dauntless for training enclosing a travel draft and instructions on how to get there. My Shore leave card from HMS Mercury. My marine badge and red bfelt ..."

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" Quoting: sheila ormiston Bob a few months ago I was on the shore waiting for the latest big cruise liner to come out when two grey naval vessels sailed by, not near this shore, and I took a photo.  I haven’t got a very good camera and if there is a zoom facility I’ve yet to master it, so ..."

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" Quoting: Bob Draper Hi Sheila, HMS Daring is the first of six to be launched, HMS Dauntless was launched in Jan this year and is still being fitted out. As for your camera, if you use the zoom, you will need a tripod or something solid to place it on, they will come out blurred if you dont ..."

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" The last remaining operational warship that took part in the Falklands conflict is to be decommissioned later today.  HMS Exeter’s 29-year career will end at a ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Base after clocking up 892,811 nautical miles on operations around the world.  Falklands ..."

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" HMS Dauntless, the second of the Royal Navy’s new, formidable Type 45 destroyers, was formally commissioned into the fleet today, Thursday 3 June 2010. Hundreds of guests including families of the 190-strong ship’s company attended the colourful ’christening’ ceremony at ..."

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