British destroyer HMS Duchess sunk in collision according to the Dutch newspaper De Sumatra post dated 27 December 1939

British Queen Elizabeth-class battleships 

An item referred to a statement of the British Admiralty confirming the loss of the British destroyer HMS Duchess (1) after a collision with another British warship [Barham] off the Mull of Kintyre.(2)  It was feared that of her crew numbering 145 men in peace time just 23 crew members including one officer survived the disaster.2

Notes

1. D-class destroyer, preceded by A en B-classes, succeeded by E and F-classes, building ordered on 2 February 1931, laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow, United Kingdom on 2 February 1931, launched on 19 July 1932, commissioned on 24 January 1933 and sunk in a collision with the British battleship HMS Barham on 12 December 1939.

2. Of the Queen Elizabeth-class consisting of the Queen Elizabeth, Malaya, Warspite, Valiant, Barham, Malaya and the in 1914 cancelled Agincourt. Preceded by the Iron Duke-class and succeeded by the Revenge-class. Pennant 04. Laid down at John Brown, Clydebank, Scotland on 24 February 1913, launched on 31 October 1914, commissioned on 19 October 1915, modernized 1921-1922, November 1924-January 1925, begin 1928 and January 1931-January 1934 and sunk in the Mediterranean after leaving Alexandria, Egypt on the 24th taking with her 862 men after she was torpedoed by the German submarine U-311 on 25 November 1941.