Dates: 1934 - 1942

E-Class Fleet Destroyer ordered on 1st November 1932 from Denny at Dumbarton under the 1931 Build Programme. The ship was laid down on 22nd March 1932 and launched on 12th April 1934 as the tenth RN ship to carry the name introduced in 1715. It was last used for a Trawler during WW1. Build was completed on 29th November 1934 for a cost of ?246,664, excluding items supplied by the Admiralty such as guns and communications equipment. Much of her service was in the Mediterranean until 1936 because of the Abyssinian crisis. In April 1936 after some months refitting she joined the Home Fleet with the 5th Destroyer Flotilla and for some months was deployed again in the Mediterranean. This destroyer was held in Reserve in 1938 and re-commissioned in August 1939 manned by Reservists for the Royal Review of the Reserve Fleet at Weymouth. She remained in commission and after a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign in March 1942 was adopted by the civil community of Elland, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

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