HMS Daring (H16)

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Navy: Royal Navy
Type: Destroyer
Class: 'D' Class
Pennant: H 16 
Built by: Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) 
Laid down: 18 Jun, 1931 
Launched: 7 Apr, 1932 
Commissioned: 25 Nov, 1932 
Complement: 190
Lost: 18 Feb, 1940 (Cdr. S. A. Cooper, RN.) (c 58-45'N, 1-45'W) - Western Europe, off Pentland Firth, Northern Scotland by 2 torpedoes from German U-23 (Kretschmer).Escorting Norway/UK convoy ?HN.12 (Defence of Trade) There were only 5 survivors, and 157 men were lost.