HMS Acheron (H45)

( Casualty List )

Navy: Royal Navy
Type: Destroyer
Class: A  Class
Pennant: H 45 
Built by: Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.): Parsons 
Ordered: 29 May, 1928 
Laid down: 29 Oct, 1928 
Launched: 18 Mar, 1930 
Commissioned: 13 Oct, 1931 
Complement: 138
Lost: 17 December, 1940 (Lt. J. R. Wilson, RN) (50º32'N, 01º26'W.) hit a mine off the Isle of Wright.