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[John W E]

Hi All

Wanted: Has anyone any information or could suggest good websites/books with some photographs of any of this class of destroyer?

I have already obtained Norman Ough's plans and at this stage I am enlarging them up to 1:72 scale - so any further information - apart from going to the Maritime Museum and being truly ripped off for a set of plans - anyone know of any other source where I could obtain further plans.

Thanking you very much

Aye
JOHN E
BLUEBIRD

[DickyD]

Is it this one you are on about?

Navy: The Royal Navy
Type: Destroyer
Class: D 
Pennant: H 16 
Built by: Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) 
Ordered:   
Laid down: 18 Jun, 1931 
Launched: 7 Apr, 1932 
Commissioned: 25 Nov, 1932 
Lost: 18 Feb, 1940 
Loss position: 58.40N, 01.35W (See a map)
 
History: On 18 February 1940 HMS Daring (Cdr. S.A. Cooper, RN) was torpedoed and sunk about 40 nautical miles east of the Pentland Firth in position 58º40'N, 01º35'W by the German submarine U-23. HMS Daring was escorting convoy HN-12 from Bergen to Methil. There were only 5 survivors, 157 men were lost.
Hit by U-boat
Sunk on 18 Feb, 1940 by U-23 (Kretschmer).
 
Richard.

[John W E]

HI YA THERE

yes this is the vessel I am researching for a possible build - but, what I require is a lot more information about her /i.e. the actual build of the vessel e.g. decks were they planked? or, as is stated in my plans covered with brown linoleum 'cortiseen'?

and soforth.

Aye
John E
BLUEBIRD

[DickyD]

Only photos I could find.

Decks do appear to be covered.

Richard