Which postwar ship would Dalrymple-Hamilton have chosen?

What ship would Dalrymple-Hamilton have chosen after the war, how long would he have kept it, and would he have brought his son aboard to train?

Probably a new destroyer, especially a Battle or Daring class, although Vanguard might also have appealed to his love of speed.

Given a free choice, Dalrymple-Hamilton would probably have preferred a modern destroyer such as a Battle- or Daring-class ship. HMS Vanguard might also have appealed because of her speed. Both choices are speculation grounded in the officer's earlier commands rather than a documented postwar request. By then the Navy needed leaders to build a peacetime service, while Dalrymple-Hamilton's principal work shaping junior and senior officers and service culture had already been done. The possible length of a command and whether his son would join him remain unanswered.