HMS Havant

HMS Havant H32

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