HMS Delight (D119) explained

HMS Delight was a destroyer of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1950 as the Royal Navy's first all-welded warship, and broken up at Inverkeithing in 1971.^[1]

Service history

In 1956 she formed part of the Royal Navy's force used during the Suez Operation. In 1959 Delight was involved in a collision in the Mediterranean with the cruiser . Two ratings died during damage control activities.^[2]

Publications

• • Book: McCart, Neil . Daring Class Destroyers . Fan Publications . 2008 . 978-1-904459-33-0.

External links

• Life in a Blue Suit - HMS Delight (MSN Group)

Notes and References

1. Web site: D Class Destroyers . Battleships-cruisers.co.uk . 30 May 2015.
2. Web site: Chronology, Part 2 - 1951-60 . naval-history.net . Mason . Geoffrey B. . 2007 . 30 May 2015.