HMS Delight (H38)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Delight
Ordered	2 February 1931
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotstoun
Cost	£229,378
Laid down	22 April 1931
Launched	2 June 1932[1]
Completed	31 January 1933
Motto	Duris delectat virtus ("Valour delighteth in difficulties")
Fate	Sunk by air attack, 29 July 1940
Badge	On a Field Green, Pan's Pipe Gold and Silver
General characteristics
Class and type	D-class destroyer
Displacement	1,375 long tons (1,397 t) (standard) 1,890 long tons (1,920 t) (deep)
Length	329 ft (100.3 m) o/a
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	36,000 shp (27,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines 3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range	5,870 nmi (10,870 km; 6,760 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	145
Sensors and processing systems	ASDIC
Armament	4 × 4.7 in (120 mm) Mark IX guns 1 × 12-pounder (3 in (76.2 mm)) anti-aircraft gun 2 × 4 – QF .5 in (12.7 mm) Vickers Mark III AA machine guns 2 × 4 – 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 20 × depth charges, 1 rail and 2 throwers

HMS Delight was a D-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Delight was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet before she was transferred to the China Station in early 1935. She was temporarily deployed in the Red Sea during late 1935 during the Abyssinia Crisis, before returning to her duty station where she remained until mid-1939. Delight was transferred back to the Mediterranean Fleet just before the Second World War began in September 1939. She served with the Home Fleet during the Norwegian Campaign. The ship was sunk by German dive-bombers on 29 July 1940 while attempting to transit the English Channel in daylight.