HMS Dunedin

Type:
Cruiser
Class:
D
Builder:
Vickers Ltd.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
(completed at Devonport Dockyard)
Pennant Number:
I-93
D-93
Ordered:
July 1917
Launched:
November 19, 1918
Keel Laid:
November 5, 1917
Commissioned:
September 13, 1919
Fate:
Sunk Nov. 24, 1941 by U-124 (torpedo).

Location: South Atlantic, 704 miles northeast of Recife, Brazil.
(03.00S - 26.00W)

419 crewmen killed, 72 survivors picked up by SS Nishmaha (USA) (5 more men died on board).
67 survivors landed at Trinidad Dec. 7.


Combat Victories
Date
Name
Type
Tons
Nationality
Notes
Mar. 2, 1940
Heidleberg
Cargo
6,530
Germany
a
Mar. 8, 1940
Hannover
Passenger/Cargo
5,537
Germany
b
June 5, 1940
Lothringen
Tanker
10,746
Germany
c
June 30, 1940
Ville de Tamatave
Passenger/Cargo
4,993
France
d
July 22, 1940:
Ville de Rouen
Cargo
5,598
France
e
Notes:
(a):
Scuttled by crew to avoid capture.
(b):
Captured with assistance of HMCS Assiniboine. Renamed Empire Audacity and later
converted into an escort carrier and renamed HMS Audacity. Sunk Dec. 21, 1941 by
U-741.

(c):
Built as Papendrecht in The Netherlands, captured by Germany. Converted into a U-boat
supply ship, captured after being spotted by aircraft from HMS Eagle. Renamed Empire
Salvage. Returned to Dutch owner after the war.

(d):
Vichy French ship, captured east of St. Paul's Rock, South Atlantic. Transferred to MOWT.
Sank for unknown reasons Jan. 24, 1943 while in convoy ON-160, 500 miles east of
Cape Race, Newfoundland, all 43 crew were lost.

(e):
Vichy French , captured east of Natal, Brazil. Transferred to MOWT.
Sunk Dec. 29, 1942 by U-225 and U-622 (damaged by U-225 Dec. 28, sunk by U-622
Dec. 29), all 71 crewmen picked up by HMCS Shediac K-110.


Commanders
From
To
Name
Sept. 4, 1940
Nov. 24, 1941
Captain Richard Stratford Lovatt RN, OBE (at time of loss)


Class Overview
Builder's Data
Page published Aug. 16, 2008