HMS Napier

HMS Napier (G-97), named for Admiral Sir Charles Napier RN (1786-1860), was an N class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 26 July 1939, launched on 22 May 1940 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 11 December 1940. Between 28 November 1940 and 25 October 1945 she was manned by Australians but remained the property of the British Government. HMS Napier was sold for scrap to Thomas W. Ward and arrived at Briton Ferry on 17 January 1956 where she was broken up.