Two routes into Royal Navy destroyer operations

Which books are useful for studying Royal Navy destroyers in the Second World War?

Harry Plevy's Destroyer Actions and Commander J. A. J. Dennis's memoir In Action with Destroyers 1939-1945.

Harry Plevy's Destroyer Actions is the first recommendation for Royal Navy destroyers in the Second World War. It covers the opening campaign from September 1939 into June 1940. In Action with Destroyers 1939-1945, the wartime memoir of Commander J. A. J. Dennis, adds an officer's perspective. Read together, the books provide an operational account and a destroyer commander's experience.