Light cruiser of the D class
Photo courtesy of Allan C. Green Collection
| Navy |
The Royal Navy |
| Type |
Light cruiser |
| Class |
D |
| Pennant |
D 93 |
| Built by |
Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, U.K.) : Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered |
Jul 1917 |
| Laid down |
Nov 1917 |
| Launched |
19 Nov 1918 |
| Commissioned |
Oct 1919 |
| Lost |
24 Nov 1941 |
| Loss position |
03.00S, 26.00W |
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| History |
Completed by Devonport Dockyard.
HMS Dunedin (Capt. Richard Stratford Lovatt, RN) was sunk at 1526 hours on 24 November 1941 in the Central Atlantic east of St. Paul’s Rocks, north east of Recife, Brazil in position 03º00’S, 26º00’W by 2 torpedoes from the German submarine U-124. Only 4 officers and 63 men survived out of a crew of 486 officers and men.
Hit by U-boatSunk on 24 Nov 1941 by U-124 (Mohr).
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| U-boat Attack |
See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Dunedin |
Commands listed for HMS Dunedin (D 93)
Please note that we’re still working on this section.
Noteable events involving Dunedin include:
23 Nov 1939
Sinking of the armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpindi;
Around midday on 21 November 1939 the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst andGneisenau, escorted by the light cruisers K?ln and Leipzig and the destroyers Z 11 / Bernd von Arnim, Z 12 / Erich Giese and Z 20 / Karl Galster, departed Wilhelmshaven for a raid into the North Atlantic, this was to relieve the pressure of the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee operating in the South Atlantic. Late on the 21st the escorts left the battlecruisers.
Just after 1500 hours on 23 November the British armed merchant cruiser
HMS Rawalpindi(Capt. E.C. Kennedy, (retired), RN) sighted the Scharnhorst. Rawalpindi was part of the British Northern Patrol and was stationed south-east of Iceland in the Iceland-Faroes gap. Captain Kennedy tried to outrun the German ship and reported to the Admiralty that he sighted the German pocket battleship
Deutschland, still believed to be operating in the North Atlantic. Just after 1600 hours, Rawalpindi came within range of the Scharnhorst and was quickly reduced to a flaming wreck. During this engagement Scharnhorst was hit by a 6? shell from Rawalpindi causing only light damage. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau together picked up 27 survivors from Rawalpindi. Rawalpindi finally sank around 2000 hours.
The British light cruiser
HMS Newcastle (Capt J. Figgins, RN), that was also part of the Northern Patrol, picked up Rawalpindi?s signal and closed the scene. She sighted the Gneisenau but the Germans managed to escape in the fog.
The Admiralty also thought the ship sighted by Rawalpindi and Newcastle was the Deutschland that was trying to return to Germany. In response to the sighting and destruction of the Rawalpindi the Admiralty took immediate action;
The battleships
HMS Nelson (Capt. G.J.A. Miles, RN with Admiral Forbes aboard)
HMS Rodney(Capt. F.H.G. Dalrymple-Hamilton, RN) and the heavy cruiser
HMS Devonshire (Capt. J.M. Mansfield, DSC, RN) escorted by the destroyers
HMS Faulknor (Capt. C.S. Daniel, RN),
HMS Fame (Cdr. P.N. Walter, RN),
HMS Firedrake (Lt.Cdr. S.H. Norris, RN),
HMS Foresight (Lt.Cdr. G.T. Lambert, RN),
HMS Forester (Lt.Cdr. E.B. Tancock, RN),
HMS Fortune (Cdr. E.A. Gibbs, RN) and
HMS Fury (Cdr. G.F. Burghard, RN) departed the Clyde to patrol of Norway to cut off the way to Germany for the Deutschland.
The light cruisers
HMS Southampton (Capt. F.W.H. Jeans, CVO, RN),
HMS Edinburgh (Capt. F.C. Bradley, RN) and
HMS Aurora (Capt. G.B. Middleton, RN) escorted by the destroyers
HMS Afridi (Capt. G.H. Creswell, DSC, RN),
HMS Gurkha (Cdr. F.R. Parham, RN),
HMS Bedouin (Cdr. J.A. McCoy, RN),
HMS Kingston (Lt.Cdr. P. Somerville, RN) and
HMS Isis (Cdr. J.C. Clouston, RN) departed Rosyth to patrol between the Orkney and Shetland islands.
Light cruiser
HMS Sheffield (Capt. E. de F. Renouf, CVO, RN) was sent from Loch Ewe to the last known position of the German ship(s).
On northern patrol, south of the Faroes were the light cruisers
HMS Caledon (Capt. C.P. Clark, RN),
HMS Cardiff (Capt. P.K. Enright, RN) and
HMS Colombo (Capt. R.J.R. Scott, RN). These were joined by
HMS Dunedin (Capt. C.E. Lambe, CVO, RN) and
HMS Diomede (Capt. E.B.C. Dicken, RN).
Of the ships of the Denmark strait patrol, the heavy cruisers
HMS Suffolk (Capt. J.W. Durnford, RN) and
HMS Norfolk (Capt. A.G.B. Wilson, MVO, DSO, RN) were ordered to proceed to the Bill Bailey Bank (to the south-west of the Faroes)
The light cruiser
HMS Glasgow (Capt. F.H. Pegram, RN) escorted by the destroyers
HMS Maori(Cdr. G.N. Brewer, RN) and
HMS Zulu (Cdr. J.S. Crawford, RN) were already at sea patrolling north-east of the Shetlands were to be joined by the destroyers
HMS Inglefield (Capt. P. Todd, RN),
HMS Imperial (Lt.Cdr. C.A.de W. Kitcat, RN),
HMS Impulsive (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Thomas, RN) and
HMS Imogen (Cdr. E.B.K. Stevens, RN) .
Despite the British effort to intercept the German ships, both German battlecruisers returned to Wilhelmshaven on the 27th.
2 Mar 1940
The British light cruiser HMS Dunedin (Capt. C.E. Lambe, CVO, RN) intercept the German merchant Heidelberg (6530 GRT) west of the Windward Passage. However before the German ship can be captured she is scuttled by her own crew.
8 Mar 1940The British light cruiser
Dunedin (Capt. C.E. Lambe, CVO, RN) and the Canadian destroyer
Assiniboine (Cdr. E. Mainguy, RCN) intercept and capture the German merchant
Hannovernear Jamaica.
The Hannover later became the first British escort carrier, British escort carrier
HMS Audacity.
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