Dates: 1940 - 1958

“N” Class destroyer ordered from JI Thornycroft at Woolston, Southampton with the 1939 Programme on 15th April 1939 with HMS NORSEMAN of the same Class. This ship was laid down on 27th July 1939 and launched on 30th October 1940 as the second RN ship to carry the name which was introduced in 1916 for destroyer which was sold for demolition in 1921. It had also been used for trawlers requisitioned in WW1. In November 1940 it was revealed that she would be manned by the Royal Australian Navy on loan with sisters HMS NAPIER, NEPAL, NIZAM and NESTOR. She was commissioned for service in the Royal Australian Navy on 15th.September 1941 and was adopted by the civil community of Hitchin, Hertfordshire after a successful “WARSHIP WEEK” National Savings campaign in March 1942. Her completion was delayed by late delivery of fire control equipment and the higher priority given to warship repair work after the evacuation operations from the Norway and the continent in 1940. (Note : HMS NORSEMAN was later renamed NEPAL

Badge : On a Field Blue, a Norman helmet proper, garnished Gold.

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