H.M.S. Vigilant (1900)

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H.M.S. Vigilant (1900)
Pendant Number: D.43 (1914)
D.72 (Sep 1915)
D.92 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Ordered: Purchased 31 Mar 1900
Launched: 16 Aug, 1900[3]
Commissioned: Jun, 1901[4]
Broken up: 1920[5]

H.M.S. Vigilant was one of forty destroyers of the "C" class — a "30 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913, she was with Seventh Destroyer Flotilla — a patrol flotilla.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  6. The Navy List (July, 1913) p. 394.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 394.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 394.
  9. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 399b.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399c.
  11. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 935.
  12. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.

Bibliography


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Violet Sylvia Lee Avon Bittern
Otter Leopard Vixen Brazen Electra
Recruit Vulture Kestrel Cheerful Mermaid
Greyhound Racehorse Roebuck Gipsy Fairy
Osprey Leven Falcon Ostrich Thorn
Tiger Vigilant Albatross Viper Velox
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