HMAS Vampire
Sunk
Royal Navy, then Royal Australian Navy
| Type | Destroyer |
|---|---|
| Class | V |
| War | Second World War |
| Main guns | 4 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk V guns |
Service
| to 1933 | Vampire | |
| from 1933 | Vampire Lent to the Royal Australian Navy |
Built for the Royal Navy in the First World War and lent to Australia in 1933. Escorted Force Z and picked up survivors. Sunk with Hermes off Ceylon.
Armament and specifications
Armament
- 4 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mk V guns
- 1 × QF 2-pounder gun (increased to 2 in January 1942)
- 4 × Lewis .303 guns (2 twin mountings)
- 1 × Lewis .303 gun (later replaced by 1 × 4-barrel Vickers .303 gun)
- 6 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2 triple mounts, later increased to 2 quad mounts)
- 2 × depth charge throwers (installed later)
- 4 × depth charge chutes (installed later)
- 50 depth charges
| Builder | J. Samuel White & Co Ltd |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 10 October 1916 |
| Launched | 21 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 22 September 1917 |
| Displacement | 1,188 tons standard 1,489 tons deep |
| Length | 312 ft (95.1 m) overall 300 ft (91.4 m) between perpendiculars |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Complement | 6 officers, 113 sailors |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
21 May 1917
10 December 1941
Rescued survivors
9 April 1942