Her building at the shipyard of John I. Thornycroft&Company at Woolston, Hampshire was ordered on 29 May 1928, she was on 29 October of the same year laid down, launched on 18 March 1930, commissioned on 13 October a year later and finally sunk when she hit a mine on 17 December 1940 8 nautical miles west-south-west of St. Catherine‘s Point taken with her 196 crewmembers and yard personnel. She just underwent large repairs. The ships’ motto was Post tenbras lux or After darkness light.
Part of the-A-class destroyers was her displacement 1,350 long tons/1,370 tons with as dimensions 98 x 9,8 x 3,7 metres or 323’x 32’ x 12.2’. The two steam turbines and 3 boilers supplied via two shafts 34,000 ship allowing a speed of 34 knots and with a speed of 15 knots a range of 4,080 nautical miles. Her crew numbered 138 men and the armament consisted of 4-4.7” (=12 cm) quick firing guns, 2-2pdr anti aircraft guns and 2x4-21” torpedo tubes.
