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Vortigern

HMS Vortigern

Sunk

Royal Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassV and W
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 4″ guns

Old V and W destroyer, at Mers-el-Kébir. Torpedoed by a German S-boat off Cromer in March 1942.

British destroyer HMS VORTIGERN underway. Photo: Royal Navy Official Photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I
  • 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or
  • 1 × QF 12 pdr 20 cwt Mk.I (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II
  • 4 (2x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes
BuilderJ. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight
Laid down17 January 1917
Launched5 October 1917
Commissioned21 January 1918
Displacement1,272-1,339 tons
Length300 ft (91.4 m) o/a 312 ft (95.1 m) p/p
Speed34 kn
Complement110

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

5 October 1917

Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
Survived

3 July 1940

Fate

Sunk

Sunk by E-boats on 15 March 1942