DARING Visits Guernsey – the Type 45 Destroyer DARING made a first visit to Guernsey, which is the ship’s affiliated island.    The DARING took part in commemorations for a wartime naval tragedy during a three day visit, anchored in the waters off St Peter Port, the destroyer being too large to be accommodated in the harbour.

The most poignant naval date for many Islanders is the annual weekend honouring the dead of the Light Cruiser CHARYBDIS and the Hunt Class Destroyer LIMBOURNE in World War Two.    The two ships were sunk whilst attempting to sink a German blockade runner.    Some 464 men lost their lives in the encounter, with 21 of the dead subsequently washed ashore in Guernsey.    In an act of defiance, 5,000 locals ignored the island’s Nazi overlords and attended a funeral of the fallen Sailors and Royal Marines.