in July 1922 she accidentally rammed the submarine H24. She was renamed HMS Vimy in April 1928. She served with distinction during World War II, earning...
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Coast convoy defence. On 5 September she deployed with HMS Witherington, HMS Volunteer and HMS Vimy as escort for convoy GC1 from Milford Haven. She was...
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USS Branch (DD-197) (redirect from HMS Beverley (H64))
Group B-2, Beverley sighted the German submarine U-187 (later sunk by HMS Vimy) southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland. She also took part in attacks on...
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Stannard was mentioned in despatches for distinguished service while commanding HMS Peacock in the protection of convoys to North Russia in the face of attacks...
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Edward Albert Gibbs (section HMS Fortune)
the submarine was rammed and sunk by HMS Ithuriel. The following month, HMS Pathfinder helped HMS Vimy and HMS Quentin sink the German submarine U-162...
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HMS Dainty, HMS Diamond, HMS Decoy, HMS Defender 11th Destroyer Flotilla: 1939 Home Fleet HMS Vanquisher, HMS Vansittart, HMS Vimy, HMS Walker, HMS Warwick...
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Boulogne on the morning of 22 May on three merchant ships and the destroyer HMS Vimy, escorted by the destroyers Whitshed and Vimiera. The French 21st Infantry...
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democratic values HMS Vimy (D33), 1917 British V-class destroyer known as HMS Vancouver (1917), renamed HMS Vimy in April 1928 HMCS Vimy, Battle class naval...
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engagement. Also en route from Hvalfjord, in Iceland, were the destroyers HMS Vimy and USS Babbitt, for HX 229, and the US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Ingham...
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of Trinidad by the Royal Navy on 3 September. Three British destroyers—HMS Vimy, Pathfinder and Quentin—attacked U-162 with depth charges, killed two Germans...
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HMS Malcolm (Leader) HMS Vanessa HMS Vanity HMAS Vendetta HMS Vesper HMS Vivacious HMS Voyager HMS Walrus HMS Wryneck HMS Wallace (Leader) HMS Vimy HMS Velox...
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18 September; HMS Vimy, one of the escorts of a small convoy went to investigate. Deciding that the raft could be a disguised U-boat, Vimy opened fire,...
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destroyer HMS Velox joined Convoy WS 20 at sea to reinforce its escort – consisting of Brilliant, the destroyer HMS Vimy, and the escort destroyer HMS Blackmore...
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Wattenberg 0 0 0 0 14 82,027 0 0 0 0 Sunk 3 September 1942 HMS Vimy, HMS Pathfinder and HMS Quentin U-163 1941 IXC 1 2,000 0 0 3 15,011 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13...
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3 September 1942 and attacked by three British destroyers, HMS Vimy, HMS Pathfinder and HMS Quentin, and sunk with depth charges. Two of the crew were...
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destroyer HMS Vimy damaged the Italian submarine Luigi Torelli with depth charges and drove her away. On 22 September another destroyer, HMS Highlander...
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attacked and sank the German submarine U-162 with the aid of destroyers Vimy and Pathfinder in the Caribbean Sea near Trinidad on 3 September 1942. Quentin...
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he served as first lieutenant on the V-class destroyer HMS Vimy. On September 3, 1942, Vimy engaged the German U-boat U-162, which had been responsible...
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losses". conlapelleappesaaunchiodo.blogspot.com. Retrieved 5 February 2020. "HMS Turbulent". uboat.net. Retrieved 5 February 2020. "USS PT-37". U Boat.net...
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generally displayed on the ship's hull, though not on destroyer leaders such as HMS Montrose pennant D1. In May–June 1940 the Royal Navy was in the process of...
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destroyers, earning a DSO (Distinguished Service Order) while captain of HMS Vimy. On 29 January 1941, Arab, under the command of Lieutenant C.A. Shillan...
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"Japanese Ammunition Ships". Combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 13 February 2023. "HMS Thrasher". uboat.net. Retrieved 18 June 2025. "Padenna". conlapelleappesaaunchiodo...
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foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1940. For the scuttling of HMS Mashobra on this day, see the entry for 25 May 1940. For the scuttling of...
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U-186) U-187 4 February 1943 A Type IXC/40 U-boat that was sunk by HMS Vimy and HMS Beverley. 50°12′N 36°35′W / 50.200°N 36.583°W / 50.200; -36.583...
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in mid-Atlantic by depth charges dropped by the British destroyers HMS Vimy and HMS Beverley at position 50°12′N 36°35′W / 50.200°N 36.583°W / 50.200;...
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Oregon, she was detected northeast of Trinidad. Three British destroyers, HMS Vimy, Pathfinder and Quentin, attacked and sank U-162 with depth charges. Two...
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operations against advancing German troops along with the British destroyers HMS Vimy and Keith and the French destroyers Chacal, Cyclone, Bourrasque, Foudroyant...
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battles of Battle of Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele and Cambrai. To avoid confusion with a newer HMS Eagle (1918), the frigate was renamed HMS Eaglet in 1918. The...
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Chatham publishing. p. 526. ISBN 1-86176-023-X. "HMS LCT-102". Uboat. Retrieved 27 February 2012. "HMS LCT-103". Uboat. Retrieved 10 October 2013. "Nailsea...
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V and W-class destroyer (redirect from HMS Zealous (1919))
W-class destroyers (HMS Ventnor, HMS Victor, HMS Warden, HMS Warlock, HMS Waxwing, HMS Whiplash and HMS Whirlpool); the eighth, HMS Lomond, is explicitly...
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