HMS Daring (H16)

History
HMS Daring in pre-war China Station white paint
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Daring
Ordered:	2 February 1931
Builder:	John I Thornycroft, Southampton
Cost:	£225,536
Laid down:	18 June 1931
Launched:	7 April 1932
Commissioned:	25 November 1932
Motto:	Splendide audax ("Finely Daring")
Fate:	Torpedoed and sunk, 18 February 1940
Notes:	Pennant number H16
Badge:	On a Field Black, an arm and a hand in a cresset of fire all Proper
General characteristics as built
Class and type:	D-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,375 long tons (1,397 t) (standard) 1,890 long tons (1,920 t) (deep load)
Length:	329 ft (100.3 m) o/a
Beam:	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught:	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power:	36,000 shp (27,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × shafts 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Speed:	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range:	5,870 nmi (10,870 km; 6,760 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	145
Sensors and processing systems:	ASDIC
Armament:	4 × 1 - 4.7-inch Mk IX guns 1 × QF 3 inch 20 cwt anti-aircraft gun 2 × 1 - QF 2-pounder Mk II guns 2 × 4 - 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers

HMS Daring was a D-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The ship spent the bulk of her career on the China Station. She was briefly commanded by Louis Mountbatten before World War II. Daring escorted convoys in the Red Sea in October–November 1939 and then returned to the UK in January 1940 for the first time in five years. While escorting a convoy from Norway, she was sunk by the German submarine U-23 in February 1940.

Daring displaced 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) at standard load and 1,890 long tons (1,920 t) at deep load. The ship had an overall length of 329 feet (100.3 m), a beam of 33 feet (10.1 m) and a draught of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). She was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines, driving two shafts, which developed a total of 36,000 shaft horsepower (27,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Steam for the turbines was provided by three Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers. Daring carried a maximum of 473 long tons (481 t) of fuel oil that gave her a range of 5,870 nautical miles (10,870 km; 6,760 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship's complement was 145 officers and men.

The ship mounted four 45-calibre 4.7-inch Mk IX guns in single mounts. For anti-aircraft (AA) defence, Daring had a single 3-inch (76.2 mm) QF gun between her funnels and two 40-millimetre (1.6 in) QF 2-pounder Mk II guns mounted on the side of her bridge. She was fitted with two above-water quadruple torpedo tube mounts for 21-inch torpedoes. One depth charge rail and two throwers were fitted; 20 depth charges were originally carried, but this increased to 35 shortly after the war began.

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