HMS Dainty (D108)

Fore view of HMS Dainty, 22 October 1964.
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Dainty
Ordered:	24 January 1945
Builder:	J. Samuel White
Laid down:	17 December 1945
Launched:	16 August 1950
Commissioned:	26 February 1953
Identification:	Pennant number: D108
Fate:	Sold for breaking, 1 January 1971
General characteristics
Class and type:	Daring-class destroyer
Displacement:	Standard: 2,830 tons Full load: 3,820 tons
Length:	390 ft (120 m)
Beam:	53 ft (16 m)
Draught:	13.6 ft (4.1 m)
Installed power:	54,000 shp (40 MW)
Propulsion:	2 × Foster Wheeler boilers 650 psi (4.5 MPa), 850 °F (454 °C)) 2 × Parsons steam turbines 2 × shafts
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range:	4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement:	Approximately 300
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar Type 293Q target indication Radar Type 291 air warning Radar Type 274 navigation Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II
Armament:	6 × QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI 4 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II 2 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 1 twin mount Mk.V 2 × pentad tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 1 × Squid anti submarine mortar

HMS Dainty was a Daring-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was launched in 1950 and sold for breaking in 1971.

Construction

Dainty was ordered from J. Samuel White on 24 January 1945 and laid down on 17 December the same year. She was launched on 16 August 1950 and commissioned on 26 February 1953.

Service

Aft view of Daring-class destroyer HMS Dainty (D108), 22 October 1964 (IWM HU 129784)

Dainty was commissioned for the second time on 20 January 1959, when she became part of the 2nd Destroyer Squadron as part of the Home and Mediterranean Fleets.^[1]

Fate

Dainty was sold on 1 January 1971 and broken up at Cairnryan.^[2]

Commanding officers

References

Publications

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475. 
• McCart, Neil (2008). Daring Class Destroyers. Fan Publications. ISBN 978-1-904459-33-0.