HMS Havant - a Dunkirk heroine | Nostalgia

In the main photograph are some of the ship’s company from the destroyer HMS Havant.
By Bob Hind
Published 2nd Jun 2020, 10:18 BST
Updated 2nd Jun 2020, 10:19 BST
Some of the ship's company of HMS Havant. They and their ship saved more than 2, 300 men from the Dunkirk beaches.Some of the ship's company of HMS Havant. They and their ship saved more than 2, 300 men from the Dunkirk beaches.
Some of the ship's company of HMS Havant. They and their ship saved more than 2, 300 men from the Dunkirk beaches.

In the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940 she rescued more than 2,300 men.

She eventually succumbed to Stuka dive bombers and was so badly damaged she was scuttled by the minesweeper HMS Saltash. Eight sailors died plus 25 soldiers.

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