Editing Daring-class destroyer (1949)

{{Short description|1952 class of destroyers of the Royal and Royal Australian navies}}
{{For|other destroyer classes of the same name|Daring class destroyer (disambiguation){{!}}Daring class destroyer}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}

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|Ship caption= [[HMAS Vampire (D11)|HMAS ''Vampire'']] on display at the [[Australian National Maritime Museum]]
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Daring'' class
|Builders=
|Operators=*{{navy|United Kingdom}}
*{{navy|Australia|1911}}
*{{navy|Peru}}
|Class before={{sclass2|Battle|destroyer|4}}
|Class after=*{{sclass2|County|destroyer|4}} (RN)
*{{sclass|Perth|destroyer|4}} (RAN)
|Subclasses=
|Built range=1949–1959
|In commission range=1952–2007
|Total ships planned=*16 (RN)
*4 (RAN)
|Total ships completed=*8 (RN)
*3 (RAN)
|Total ships cancelled=*8 (RN)
*1 (RAN)
|Total ships lost=1, {{HMAS|Voyager|D04|2}}
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships retired=
|Total ships preserved=1, {{HMAS|Vampire|D11|2}}
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Header caption=For RN vessels
|Ship type=[[Destroyer]]
|Ship displacement=Standard: 2,830 tons, Full load: 3,820 tons
|Ship length={{convert|390|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|43|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|12.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 Foster Wheeler boilers {{convert|650|psi|MPa|abbr=on}}, {{convert|850|F|C|abbr=on}}, Parsons steam turbines ([[English Electric]] in RAN ships), 2 shafts, {{convert|54,000|shp|MW|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed={{convert|30|kn}}
|Ship range={{convert|4400|nmi}} at {{convert|20|kn}}
|Ship endurance=
|Ship boats=
|Ship complement=297
|Ship sensors=*Radar Type 293Q target indication
*Radar Type 291 air warning
*Radar Type 274 navigation
*Radar Type 275 fire control on [[Director (military)|director]] Mk.VI
*Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II
*Radar Type 903 fire control on [[Fire-control system|system]] [[MRS-3]]
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=*6 × [[QF 4.5 inch Mk I - V naval gun|QF 4.5 inch /45 (113 mm) Mark V guns]] in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI
*4 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|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 [[British 21 inch torpedo|21 inch (533 mm)]] torpedoes Mk.IX
*1 × [[Squid (weapon)|Squid]] A/S mortar
|Ship armour=
|Ship aircraft=
|Ship aircraft facilities=
|Ship notes=
}}
|}
The '''''Daring'' class''' was a class of eleven [[destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]] (RN) and [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN). Constructed after [[World War II]], and entering service during the 1950s, eight ships were constructed for the RN, and three ships for the RAN. Two of the RN destroyers were subsequently sold to and served in the [[Peruvian Navy]] (MGP). A further eight ships were planned for the RN but were cancelled before construction commenced, while a fourth RAN vessel was begun but was cancelled before launch and broken up on the slipway.

The ''Daring''-class ships were both the largest and most heavily armed ships serving in [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] navies to be classified as destroyers. They were intended to fill some of the duties of cruisers, which post WW2 were considered both expensive and obsolete by naval planners, and were briefly officially considered a hybrid type (Darings) before being rated as destroyers.  They were also the last destroyers of the RN and RAN to possess guns instead of guided missiles as their main armament. They saw use during the [[Indonesian Confrontation]] and the [[Vietnam War]].

The ''Daring''-class destroyers were in service in the RN and RAN from the 1950s to the 1980s. Following decommissioning, two RN ''Daring''s were sold to Peru, which operated one ship until 1993 and the other until 2007. One ship of the class is preserved: {{HMAS|Vampire|D11|6}} as a museum ship at the [[Australian National Maritime Museum]].

==Design==
[[File:Daring Class line drawing.jpg|thumb|left|A line drawing of the ''Daring''-class destroyer]]
The 'Darings' were the largest destroyers then built (1949) for the RN,<ref name=Marriott88>Marriott, ''Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945'', p. 88 says: "The ''Daring'' class were the largest conventional destroyers built by the Royal Navy".</ref> having a displacement of 3,820 tons, a length of {{convert|390|ft|m}}, a beam of {{convert|43|ft|m}}, and a draught of {{convert|12.75|ft|m}}.<ref>Blackman (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1954–55'', {{Page needed|date=August 2011}}</ref>

The ''Daring''s were the last conventional gun destroyers of the RN, and were armed with the [[QF 4.5 inch Mk I - V naval gun|QF 4.5 inch /45 (113 mm) Mark V gun]] in three double mounts UD Mk.VI (later renamed simply Mark N6). The main armament was controlled by a director Mark VI fitted with [[List of World War II British naval radar#Type 275|Radar Type 275]] on the bridge and a director CRBF (close range blind fire) aft with [[List of World War II British naval radar#Type 262|Radar Type 262]] providing local control for 'X' turret on aft arcs. [[British ordnance terms#RPC|Remote Power Control (RPC)]] was provided for the main armament. ''Daring''s were capable of a rate of fire of 16 rounds per minute per gun, or about 100 rounds per minute overall.<ref>{{cite web |title=HMAS Vendetta (II) |publisher=Royal Australian Navy |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-vendetta-ii |access-date=7 January 2013}}</ref>

[[File:HMAS Vampire forward.jpg|thumb|left|Forward half of {{HMAS|Vampire|D11|2}}, showing the two forward turrets for the 4.5-inch ''Mark V'' guns, and a single 40 mm ''Bofors'']]
They were designed to ship three twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm /60 Bofors]] mounts STAAG Mark II, but the midships one was later replaced by the lighter and more reliable twin Mount Mark V. This meant that the 'Darings' could engage two targets at long range and two at close range under fully automatic radar directed-control, an enormous improvement over their predecessors. Two of the Australian ''Daring''s were instead fitted with two twin and two single Bofors mounts. [[Type 293 radar|Type 293]] was carried on the foremast for target indication.

Like the earlier {{sclass2|Weapon|destroyer|4}}, the ''Daring''s had their machinery arranged on the 'unit' principle, where boiler rooms and engine rooms alternated to increase survivability. The boilers utilised pressures and temperatures ({{convert|650|psi|bar|abbr=on}}, {{convert|850|F|C}}) hitherto unheard of in the conservative Royal Navy, allowing great improvements in efficiency to be made without increasing weight.<ref name="Friedp123,5">Friedman 2008, pp. 123, 125.</ref><ref name="lenv2p77">Lenton 1970, p. 77.</ref> The wide spacing of the boilers resulted in widely spaced funnels. The forward funnel was trunked up through the lattice foremast (referred to as a [[mack (naval architecture)|mack]]) with the after funnel a stump amidships. Neither was provided with a casing, resulting in a curious, rather unappealing appearance, although the utility of the funnels was considered by some to enhance the overall appearance. Attempts were made to improve the appearance by adding a streamline case to the funnel, but this was later removed. Of note was a new design of bridge, breaking with a lineage going back to the [[G and H-class destroyer|H-class destroyer]] of 1936. <sup>3</sup>/<sub>8</sub>-inch armour plating was added to the turrets, the bridge and the fire control cable runs.

==Construction==

===British===
The Royal Navy ships were built in two groups, one with the traditional [[direct current|DC]] electrical system (''Daring'', ''Dainty'', ''Defender'' and ''Delight'') and the remaining ships (''Decoy'', ''Diamond'', ''Diana'' and ''Duchess''), with a modern [[alternating current|AC]] system. They were known as the 2nd and 5th Destroyer Squadrons, respectively.

Two of the ships, ''Danae'' and ''Delight'', were originally part of the {{sclass2|Battle|destroyer|4}}, though only ''Delight'' (originally''Ypres'', then ''Disdain'', before finally being renamed  ''Delight'') was commissioned.

They were to have been of all-welded construction, but ''Daring'', ''Decoy'', and ''Diana'' were built with a composite of welding and riveting.

===Australian===
The Royal Australian Navy initially ordered four ''Daring''-class destroyers, which were to be named after the ships of the "[[Scrap Iron Flotilla]]" of World War II. The ships were modified during construction: most changes were made to improve habitability, including the installation of air-conditioning.<ref name=Coop167>Cooper, in ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 167</ref> The ''Daring''s were also the first all-welded ships to be constructed in Australia.<ref name=Coop168/>

The first Australian ''Daring'' was laid down in 1949.<ref name=Coop168>Cooper, in ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 168</ref> By 1950, it was already apparent that the Australian ''Daring''s would not be completed on time, as the Australian dockyards were experiencing difficulty in keeping up with the construction schedule.<ref name=Coop167/> To compensate for this, the RAN unsuccessfully attempted to purchase two of the 'Darings' under construction in the United Kingdom, and considered acquiring ships from the United States Navy despite the logistical difficulties in supplying and maintaining American vessels in a predominately British-designed fleet.<ref name=Coop167/> Only three ships were completed; {{HMAS|Voyager|D04|2}}, {{HMAS|Vendetta|D08|2}}, and {{HMAS|Vampire|D11|2}} were commissioned between 1957 and 1959.<ref name=Coop168/> By the time they were commissioned, the cost of each ship had increased from [[Australian pound|A£]]2.6 million to A£7 million.<ref name=Coop168/>

===Cancelled ships===
Eight further ''Daring''-class destroyers ordered for the Royal Navy were cancelled on 27 December 1945: ''Danae'', ''Decoy'', ''Delight'', ''Demon'', ''Dervish'', ''Desire'', ''Desperate'' and ''Diana''. Consequently, the ships of this class originally ordered as ''Disdain'', ''Dogstar'', ''Dragon'' and ''Druid'' were renamed as ''Delight'', ''Defender'', ''Decoy'' and ''Diana'' to perpetuate the names of the original [[C and D-class destroyer|D-class flotilla]] of the 1930s.

The fourth Australian ''Daring'', to be named ''Waterhen'', was laid down in 1952 but cancelled in 1954 and scrapped on the slipway.<ref>Lenton, ''British and Empire Warships of the Second World War'', p. 191</ref> This was one of several cost-cutting measures to maintain a naval aviation force based around two aircraft carriers.<ref>Cooper, in ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 169</ref>

===Construction programme===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
|-valign=top
!  | [[Pennant number|Pennant]]<ref>Friedman, ''British Destroyers and Frigates'', p. 330 gives all dates and pennant numbers for the 'Darings'.</ref>
!  | Name
!  |(a) Hull builder<ref name=Warship2005p115>Moore, in ''Warship 2005'', p. 115</ref>
!  | Ordered<ref name=Warship2005p115/>
!  | Laid down<ref name=Warship2005p115/>
!  | Launched<ref name=Warship2005p115/>
!  | Completed or<br>accepted<br>into service<ref name=Warship2005p115/>
!  | Commissioned<ref name=Conwaysp505>Gardiner, ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995'', p. 505</ref>
!  | Estimated<br>building cost<ref>"Unit cost, i.e. excluding cost of certain items (e.g. aircraft, First Outfits)."<br>Text from ''Defences Estimates''</ref>
|-valign=top
!colspan=9|Royal Navy
|-valign=top
|  | I05, later D119
|  | [[HMS Delight (D119)|''Delight'' (ex-''Disdain'', ex-''Ypres'')]]
|  | [[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company]]
|  | 5 June 1943
|  | 5 September 1946
|  | 21 December 1950
|  | 9 October 1953
|  | 9 October 1953
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I06
|  | ''Danae'' (ex-''Vimiera'')
|  | [[Cammell Laird]]
|  | 5 June 1943
|  | –
|  | –
|  | Cancelled 13 December 1945
|  | –
|  | –
|-valign=top
|  | I15, later D05
|  | {{HMS|Daring|D05|2}}
|  | [[Swan Hunter|Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson]]
|  | 24 January 1945
|  | 29 September 1945
|  | 10 August 1949
|  | 8 March 1952
|  | 8 March 1952
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I35
|  | ''Demon''
|  | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson
|  | 24 January 1945
|  | –
|  | –
|  | Cancelled 13 December 1945
|  | –
|  | –
|-valign=top
|  | I52, later D108
|  | {{HMS|Dainty|D108|2}}
|  |  [[J. Samuel White]], [[Cowes]]
|  | 24 January 1945
|  | 17 December 1945
|  | 16 August 1950
|  | 26 February 1953
|  | 26 February 1953{{citation needed|date=January 2013|reason=Not covered by source cited in column header}}
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I73
|  | ''Dervish''
|  | J. Samuel White, Cowes
|  | 24 January 1945
|  | –
|  | –
|  | Cancelled 13 December 1945
|  | –
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I40
|  | ''Decoy''
|  | [[Vickers-Armstrongs]]
|  | 24 January 1945
|  | –
|  | –
|  | Cancelled 13 December 1945
|  | –
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I45
|  | ''Delight''
|  | Vickers-Armstrongs
|  | 24 January 1945
|  | –
|  | –
|  | Cancelled 13 December 1945
|  | –
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I81, later D35
|  | {{HMS|Diamond|D35|2}}
|  | [[John Brown and Company]]
|  | 24 January 1945
|  | 15 March 1949
|  | 14 June 1950
|  | 21 February 1952
|  | 21 February 1952
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I87
|  | ''Desperate''
|  | John Brown and Company
|  | 24 January 1945
|  | –
|  | –
|  | Cancelled 27 December 1945
|  | –
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I19
|  | ''Desire''
|  | [[R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company]]
|  | 16 February 1945
|  | –
|  | –
|  | Cancelled 13 December 1945
|  | –
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I77
|  | ''Diana''
|  |  R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company
|  | 16 February 1945
|  | –
|  | –
|  | Cancelled 13 December 1945
|  | –
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I47, later D114
|  | [[HMS Defender (D114)|''Defender'' (ex-''Dogstar'')]]
|  | [[Alexander Stephen and Sons]]
|  | 16 February 1945
|  | 22 March 1949
|  | 27 July 1950
|  | 5 December 1952
|  | 5 December 1952
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I56, later D106
|  | [[HMS Decoy (D106)|''Decoy'' (ex-''Dragon'')]]
|  | [[Yarrows|Yarrow and Co.]]
|  | 16 February 1945
|  | 23 September 1946
|  | 29 March 1949
|  | 28 April 1953
|  | 28 April 1953
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I26, later D126
|  | [[HMS Diana (D126)|''Diana'' (ex-''Druid'')]]
|  | Yarrow and Co.
|  | 16 February 1945
|  | 3 April 1947
|  | 8 May 1952
|  | 29 March 1954
|  | 29 March 1954
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | I94, later D154
|  | {{HMS|Duchess|D154|2}}
|  | [[John I. Thornycroft and Company]], Woolston Yard
|  | 29 March 1945
|  | 8 July 1948
|  | 9 April 1951
|  | 23 October 1952
|  | 23 October 1952
|  | 
|-valign=top
! colspan=9 | Royal Australian Navy
|-valign=top
|  | D11
|  | {{HMAS|Vampire|D11|2}}
|  | [[Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company]], [[Cockatoo Island Dockyard]]
|  | 
|  | 1 July 1952
|  | 27 October 1956
|  | 23 June 1959
|  | 23 June 1959
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | D08
|  | {{HMAS|Vendetta|D08|2}}
|  | [[Williamstown Dockyard]]<ref name=Conwaysp16>Gardiner, ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995'', p. 16.</ref>
|  | 
|  | 4 July 1949
|  | 3 May 1954
|  | 26 November 1958
|  | 26 November 1958
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | D04
|  | {{HMAS|Voyager|D04|2}}
|  | Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Cockatoo Island Dockyard
|  | 
|  | 10 October 1949
|  | 1 May 1952
|  | 12 February 1957
|  | 12 February 1957
|  | 
|-valign=top
|  | –
|  | ''Waterhen''
|  | Williamstown Dock Yard
|  | 
|  | December 1952
|  | –
|  | Cancelled 1954
|  | –
|  | –
|-
|}

==British modifications==
In 1958, the 'DC' group had their after torpedo tubes removed and replaced with a deck house providing additional accommodation facilities. This modification was made in the 'AC' ships in 1959–1960. At the same time, the 'ACs' had their STAAG mounts replaced with single-mount Mark 7 Bofors and had the director Mark VI replaced by the new director MRS-3 (medium range system) incorporating the Radar Type 903 for fire control. The [[Seacat missile]] launcher was fitted briefly to ''Decoy'' for acceptance trials in 1961,<ref>{{Cite magazine   |title=Seacat: The Guided Missile To Defend Small Ships  |date=5 September 1963  |magazine=[[Flight International]]   |page=438   |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1963/1963%20-%201626.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709135731/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1963/1963%20-%201626.html |archive-date=9 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but it was later removed and never fitted to the rest of the 'Darings' as had been envisaged.{{cn|date=May 2023}}

Between 1962 and 1964, the 'DC' group had their STAAG mounts replaced by the Mark V also, with the final set of torpedo tubes being removed at the same time. This group also had the director MRS-3 replace the Mark VI.

==Service and fate==
The class saw service with the RN from the early 1950s to the early 1970s, and with the RAN from the late 1950s to the late 1970s, with ''Vampire'' in service as a training ship until 1986. Several of the ships were involved in [[Cold War]] conflicts. ''Delight'', ''Duchess'', ''Vampire'' and ''Vendetta'' were involved in the [[Indonesian Confrontation]]. ''Vendetta'' also operated during the Vietnam War, the only Australian-built warship to fight in the conflict.<ref>Lind, ''The Royal Australian Navy – Historic Naval Events Year by Year'', p. 274</ref>

Only one ship of the class was lost. On the night of 10 February 1964, [[HMAS Voyager (D04)|HMAS Voyager]] crossed the bows of the aircraft carrier {{HMAS|Melbourne|R21|2}} and was [[Melbourne-Voyager collision|rammed and sunk]] with the loss of 81 RAN personnel and one civilian contractor.<ref name=FrameLeg5>Frame, ''The Cruel Legacy'', p. 5</ref> ''Duchess'' was loaned to the RAN as a replacement for four years while replacements (two modified {{sclass2|River|destroyer escort|1}}s) were constructed, and then sold to the RAN.<ref name=FrameLeg21>Frame, ''The Cruel Legacy'', p. 21</ref>

The British 'Darings' received little modernisation, and were all decommissioned as obsolete and requiring crews that were too large compared with frigates in 1968–1970. Two of these, ''Diana'' and ''Decoy'', were sold to the [[Peruvian Navy]] and renamed {{BAP|Palacios|DM-73|6}} and {{BAP|Ferré|DM-74|6}} respectively. These two ships were modernised, with ''Palacios'' serving until 1993, and ''Ferré'' decommissioning in 2007.

The RAN ships were modernised in the early 1970s at a cost of A$20 million,<ref name=Jones218>Jones, in ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 218</ref> although modifications to ''Duchess'' were fewer than to her sister ships. ''Duchess'' and ''Vendetta'' remained in commission until the late 1970s, and ''Vampire'' was retained until 1986 as a training ship. The Australian 'Darings' were replaced with the {{sclass|Perth|destroyer|2}}s, an American-built derivative of the {{sclass|Charles F. Adams|destroyer|0}} [[guided missile destroyer]].<ref>Jones, in ''The Royal Australian Navy'', pp. 218–219</ref> The training role of the 'Darings' was first supplemented, then replaced, by {{HMAS|Jervis Bay|GT 203|6}}.<ref name=Jones218/> After decommissioning, ''Vampire'' became a [[museum ship]] at the [[Australian National Maritime Museum]] in Sydney, the only ship of the class to be preserved.

An unidentified ''Daring''-class destroyer played the fictional "HMS ''Sherwood''" in the 1957 [[A. E. Matthews]] film comedy ''[[Carry On Admiral]]''. There are a number of profile shots of the ship in [[HMNB Portsmouth|Portsmouth dockyard]], as well as detailed views above and below decks, and an interesting sequence showing the accidental firing of a torpedo at the admiral's barge.

==References==
'''Notes'''
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'''Bibliography'''
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*{{cite book |last=Frame |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Frame (bishop) |title=The Cruel Legacy: the HMAS Voyager tragedy |year=2005 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=Crows Nest, NSW |isbn=1-74115-254-2 |oclc=61213421}}
*{{cite journal |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1963/1963%20-%201626.html |title=SEACAT – The Guided Missile To Defend Small Ships |journal=Flight International |date=5 September 1963 |pages=437–42 |access-date=7 January 2013}}
*{{cite book |last=Friedman |first=Norman |title=British Destroyers and Frigates |publisher=Chatham Publishing |year=2006 |isbn=1-86176-137-6}}
*{{cite book |last=Friedman |first=Norman |title=British Destroyers and Frigates: The Second World War and After |publisher=Seaforth Publishing |location=Barnsley, UK |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-84832-015-4}}
*{{cite book |last=Gardiner |first=Robert |title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 |publisher=Conway Maritime Press |year=1995 |isbn=0-85177-605-1}}
*{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Peter|editor=Stevens, David |title=The Royal Australian Navy |series=The Australian Centenary History of Defence |volume=III |year=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=South Melbourne, VIC |isbn=0-19-554116-2 |oclc=50418095 |chapter=Towards Self-Reliance (pp. 211–238)}}
*{{cite book |last=Lenton |first=H. T. |title=British and Empire Warships of the Second World War |year=1998 |publisher=Greenhill Books |location=London |isbn=1-85367-277-7 }}
*{{cite book |last=Lenton |first=H. T. |title=British Fleet & Escort Destroyers: Volume Two |series=Navies of the Second World War |year=1970 |publisher=Macdonald & Co. |location=London |isbn=0-356-03122-5}}
*{{cite book |last=Lind |first=Lew |title=The Royal Australian Navy – Historic Naval Events Year by Year |orig-year=1982 |edition=2nd |year=1986 |publisher=Reed Books |location=Frenchs Forest, NSW |isbn=0-7301-0071-5 |oclc=16922225}}
*{{cite book |last=Marriott |first=Leo |title=Royal Navy Destroyers since 1945 |year=1989 |publisher=Ian Allan |isbn=0-7110-1817-0 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/royalnavydestroy0000marr }}
*{{cite book |last=Moore |first=George |chapter=From Daring to Devonshire |title=Warship 2005 |publisher=Conway |year=2005 |isbn=1-84486-003-5 }}

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==Further reading==
*{{cite book |last=Cocker |first=Maurice |title=Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893–1981 |publisher=Ian Allan |isbn=0-7110-1075-7 }}
*{{cite book |last=McCart |first=Neil |title=Daring Class Destroyers |publisher=Maritime Books |year=2008 |isbn=978-1-904459-33-0 }}

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