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Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Hey Sturm, in reading Rohwer's The Critical Convoy Battles of March 1943, I came across a mention of this destroyer having had the prototype of the FH 1 model D/F installed on 12 March 1940, and the improved FH 2 model in August 1941. Thought that should be included in the article. It's on page 21. Parsecboy (talk) 14:17, 20 December 2011 (UTC)Reply
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Don't have my copy of MacIntyre's "U-Boat Killer" in front of me, but it's a favorite. My recollection of MacIntyre's timeline regarding the naming of the ship is: 1)Her intended Brazilian name (MacIntyre merely calls it "unpronounceable", I believe) was assigned while she was still on the ways at Thornycrofts, prior to emergency requisitioning by, and then commissioning in, the RN. 2)She was named "Hearty" upon commissioning. 3)The name was quickly changed to "Hesperus", MacIntyre's explanation being that, as there was already an HMS "Hardy", the Admiralty felt that the phonic similarity could be confusing in action.
24.39.163.34 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 06:00, 23 December 2011 (UTC).Reply
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