Heroic return from Dunkirk

ARRIVALS - Monday November 28

AT the outbreak of the Second World War, six destroyers were being built in Britain for the Brazilian Navy and all these were immediately requisitioned by the Admiralty and brought into service with the RN.

One of these was HMS Havant, which had been launched as the Javary by J.S. White & Co at Cowes on the Isle of Wight during 1939.

After a spell with the home Fleet based at Scapa Flow, which included operations on the Faroe Islands, she was at Greenock on May