HMS Dainty (D108)

Fore view of HMS Dainty, 22 October 1964.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Dainty
Ordered	24 January 1945
Builder	J. Samuel White
Laid down	17 December 1945
Launched	16 August 1950
Commissioned	26 February 1953
Identification	Pennant number: D108
Fate	Sold for breaking, 1 January 1971
General characteristics
Class and type	Daring-class destroyer
Displacement	Standard: 2,830 tons Full load: 3,820 tons
Length	390 ft (120 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draught	13.6 ft (4.1 m)
Installed power	54,000 shp (40 MW)
Propulsion	2 × Foster Wheeler boilers 650 psi (4.5 MPa), 850 °F (454 °C)) 2 × Parsons steam turbines 2 × shafts
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	4,400 nautical miles (8,100 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	Approximately 300
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 293Q target indication Radar Type 291 air warning Radar Type 274 navigation Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II
Armament	6 × QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI 4 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II 2 × 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 1 twin mount Mk.V 2 × pentad tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 1 × Squid anti submarine mortar

HMS Dainty was a Daring-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. Ordered in 1945, she was built by J. Samuel White at their Isle of Wight shipyard, being launched in 1950 and completed in 1953.

She spent the initial years of her service alternating between the Mediterranean Sea and British waters, before undergoing modifications between 1958 and 1959 and again between 1962 and 1964. After further service, including spells in the West Indies and Far East, she was decommissioned in 1969 and sold for scrap in 1971.