| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | D |
| Pennant | H 64 |
| Built by | Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd (Jarrow-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 12 Jun, 1931 |
| Launched | 19 Jul, 1932 |
| Commissioned | 24 Jan, 1933 |
| Lost | 12 Dec, 1939 |
| Loss position | 55.19N, 06.06W (See a map) |
| History | On 12 December 1939 HMS Duchess (Lt.Cdr. Robert Charles Meadows White, RN) was arriving in the Clyde (see below) escorting HMS Barham. At 0400 hrs in the North Channel, 9 nautical miles off Mull of Kintyre, at position 55º19'N, 06º06'W, possibly due to fog in the area, the zigzagging pattern of the battleship and destroyer crossed: Barham impacted Duchess, cutting her in half. Sadly, there were only 23 survivors of the 160 crew.
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| Noteable events involving Duchess include: 1 Sep, 1939 |