HMS Dunedin (D93) - NZ Division of the RNZN ift.tt/1owbzID HMS Dunedin (D 93) 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 Map data ©2014 Google, INEGI, Inav/Geosistemas SRL, ORION-ME Terms of Use Map Satellite 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. Pauls Rocks, north east of Recife, Brazil in position 03º00S, 26º00W 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). U-boat Attack See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Dunedin Commands listed for HMS Dunedin (D 93) Please note that were still working on this section. Commander From To 1 Capt. Charles Edward Lambe, RN 2 Jan 1939 3 Sep 1940 2 Capt. Richard Stratford Lovatt, RN 4 Sep 1940 24 Nov 1941 (+) You can help improve our commands sectionClick here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page. Noteable events involving Dunedin include: 23 Nov 1939Sinking 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 1940The 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 destroyerAssiniboine (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. Media links U-Boat Attack LogsDaniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor Return to the Allied Warships section
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