| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Havant |
| Pennant | H 88 |
| Built by | J.S. White & Co. (Cowes, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 31 May 1938 |
| Launched | 16 Oct 1939 |
| Commissioned | 10 Feb 1940 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Requisitioned by the Royal Navy on 4 September 1939 while being built for the Brazilian Navy. Named HMS Havelock. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 31 October 1946. Commanding Officers: Cdr. Earle Hathway Thomas, RN Cdr.Richard Courtenay Boyle DSC, RN ??? Cdr.Richard Courtenay Boyle DSC, RN Lt.Cdr. Raymond Hart, DSC and Bar, RN Lt.Cdr. Henry Alexander Stuart-Menteth, RN Cdr. John Percy de Winton Kitcat, RN HMS Havelock was in Dockyard Control during repairs/refit Capt. Robert Alexander Currie, DSC, RN T/A/Lt.Cdr. Arthur Guyon Prideaux, RNVR |
| Former name | Brazilian Jutai |
Commands listed for HMS Havelock (H 88)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Capt. Eric Barry Kenvyn Stevens, DSC, RN | 23 Jan 1940 | 20 Sep 1940 | |
| 2 | Cdr. Earle Hathway Thomas, RN | 20 Sep 1940 | 18 Oct 1942 | |
| 3 | Cdr. Richard Courtenay Boyle, DSC, RN | 18 Oct 1942 | ??? | |
| 4 | Cdr. Richard Courtenay Boyle, DSC, RN | Sep 1943 | Mar 1944 | |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Raymond Hart, DSC, RN | Mar 1944 | Sep 1944 | |
| 6 | Lt.Cdr. Henry Alexander Stuart-Menteth, RN | Sep 1944 | 15 Nov 1944 | |
| 7 | Cdr. John Percy de Winton Kitcat, RN | 15 Nov 1944 | ||
| 8 | Cdr. Robert Alexander Currie, DSC, RN | Apr 1945 | Jun 1945 | |
| 9 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Arthur Guyon Prideaux, RNVR | Jun 1945 | July 1945 | |
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Noteable events involving Havelock include:
27 Jun 1940
HMS Havelock (Capt. E.B.K. Stevens, DSC, RN) and HMS Hurricane (Lt.Cdr. H.C. Simms, RN) also pick up 27 survivors from the Norwegian merechant Lenda that was sunk about 160 nautical miles south-west of Fastnet, Ireland in position 50º00'N, 13º24'W by gunfire from the German submarine U-47.
9 Jul 1940
HMS Harvester (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, RN) and HMS Havelock (Capt. E.B.K. Stevens, DSC, RN) together pick up 35 survivors from the British merchant Aylesbury that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-43 about 200 nautcal miles south-east of Ireland in position 48º39'N, 13º33'W.
28 Sep 1940
The British merchant Empire Ocelot is torpedoed and damaged further with gunfire south-west of Rockall in position 54º37'N, 21º30'W by the German submarine U-32. The abandoned vessel sank later in position 54º55'N, 22º06'W. HMS Havelock (Capt. E.B.K. Stevens, DSC, RN) picks up 32 survivors.
27 Nov 1940
HMS Harvester (Lt.Cdr. M. Thornton, RN) and HMS Havelock (Lt.Cdr. E.H. Thomas, RN) both pick up a survivor from the British merchant Glenmoor that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-103 about 167 nautical miles north-west of Sylne Head in position 54º35'N, 14º31'W.
3 Apr 1941
HMS Havelock (Cdr. E.H. Thomas, DSC, RN) picks up 20 survivors from the British tanker British Viscount that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-73 in the North Atlantic, south-south-west of Iceland, in position 58º15'N, 27º30'W.
8 Jan 1943
The British tanker Oltenia II is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-436 south-west of the Canary Islands in position 27º59'N, 28º50'W. HMS Havelock (Cdr. R.C. Boyle DSC, RN) later picks up 43 survivors.
HMS Havelock also picks up 42 survivors from the Norwegian tanker Albert L. Ellsworth. that was torpedoed and damaged in the same attack of U-436. The wreck of the Albert L. Ellsworth was sunk the next day by gunfire from U-436.
9 Jan 1943
HMS Havelock (Cdr. R.C. Boyle DSC, RN) picks up 38 survivors from the Norwegian tanker Minister Wedel that was torpedoed and sunk east of the Canary Islands in position 28º08'N, 28º20'W by the German submarine U-522.
18 Jun 1944
The German submarine U-767 was sunk in the English Channel south-west of Guernsey, in position 49º03'N, 03º13'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Fame, HMS Inconstant and HMS Havelock. (see map)