| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Sloop |
| Class | Falmouth |
| Pennant | L 84 |
| Built by | Chatham Dockyard (Chatham, U.K.): Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 16 Mar 1931 |
| Laid down | 1 Dec 1931 |
| Launched | 20 Sep 1932 |
| Commissioned | 31 Mar 1933 |
| Lost | 15 Sep 1940 |
| Loss position | 56.45N, 14.14W |
| History | At 00.24 hours on 15 Sepember 1940 the German submarine U-48 attacked the convoy SC-3 west of Ireland and missed the British steam merchant Empire Soldier, which had been slightly damaged in a collision some time before. At 00.25, U-48 torpedoed and sank the only escort of this convoy, HMS Dundee (Capt. Oliver Maurice Fitz-Gerald Stokes, RN (retired)) in position 56º45'N, 14º14'W. Hit by U-boat |
| U-boat Attack | See our U-boat attack entry for the HMS Dundee |
Commands listed for HMS Dundee (L 84)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. Cecil Charles Acland Allen, RN | 19 Apr 1938 | 1 Jan 1940 |
| 2 | Capt. (retired) Oliver Maurice Fitz-Gerald Stokes, RN | 1 Jan 1940 | 15 Sep 1940 |
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