HMS Havant (H32)

( Casualty List )

Navy: Royal Navy
Type: Destroyer
Class: Havant 
Pennant: H 32 
Built by: J. S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) 
Laid down: 30 Mar, 1938 
Launched: 17 Jul, 1939 
Commissioned: 19 Dec, 1939 
Complement: 145
Lost: 1 Jun, 1940 (Lt. Cdr. A. F. Burnell-Nugent, RN.) was heavily damaged by German aircraft off Dunkirk during the evacutation there. Sunk by the minesweeper HMS Saltash. 
 
History: Requisitioned by the Royal Navy on 4 September 1939 while being built for the Brazilian Navy. Named HMS Havant.

HMS Havant 

Former name: Brazilian Javary