HMS Vendetta

HMAS Vendetta in 1943
History
United Kingdom
Name:	Vendetta
Builder:	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company
Laid down:	November 1916
Launched:	3 September 1917
Completed:	17 October 1917
Fate:	Transferred to RAN
History
Australia
Name:	Vendetta
Commissioned:	11 October 1933
Decommissioned:	27 November 1945
Motto:	Vindico "I Avenge"
Honours and awards:	Battle honours: Libya 1940–41 Matapan 1941 Greece 1941 Crete 1941 Mediterranean 1941 Pacific 1941–43 New Guinea 1943–44
Fate:	Scuttled off Sydney, 2 July 1948
General characteristics
Class and type:	V class destroyer
Displacement:	1,090 tons standard 1,490 tons deep load
Length:	312 ft (95.1 m) length overall 300 ft (91.4 m) between perpendiculars
Beam:	29 ft 6 in (9.0 m)
Draught:	14 ft 8 in (4.5 m) maximum
Propulsion:	3 × Yarrow boilers, 2 × Brown-Curtis turbines, 29,417 shp (21,936 kW), 2 shafts
Speed:	Over 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement:	6 officers and 113 sailors
Armament:	As built: 4 × single QF 4-inch (102-mm) Mk V guns 1 × quad-barrelled 2-pounder (40-mm) pom-pom 5 × .303-inch machine guns 2 × triple 21-inch (533-mm) torpedo tube sets Added later: 2 × depth charge chutes 4 × depth charge throwers Post-1942 conversion: 2 × 4-inch guns 2 × pom-poms 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns 7 × .303-inch guns depth charge chutes and throwers

HMAS Vendetta (D69/I69) (formerly HMS Vendetta (FA3/F29/D69)) was a V class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of 25 V class ships ordered for the Royal Navy during World War I, Vendetta entered service in 1917.

During World War I, Vendetta participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, and operated against Bolshevik forces during the British Baltic Campaign. Most of the ship's post-war career was spent operating in the Mediterranean. In 1933, Vendetta was one of five destroyers selected for transfer to the RAN. Over the next six years, the ship was either involved in peacetime activities or was in reserve, but when World War II started, she was assigned to the Mediterranean as part of the 'Scrap Iron Flotilla'. During the Greek Campaign, Vendetta was involved in the transportation of Allied troops to Greece, then the evacuation to Crete. After, the destroyer served with the Tobruk Ferry Service, and made the highest number of runs to the besieged city of Tobruk.

At the end of 1941, Vendetta was docked for refit in Singapore, but after the Japanese invaded, the destroyer had to be towed to Fremantle, then Melbourne. After the refit, which converted the destroyer into a dedicated escort vessel, ended in December 1942, Vendetta spent the rest of World War II operating as a troop and convoy escort around Australia and New Guinea. Vendetta was decommissioned in late 1945, and was scuttled off Sydney Heads in 1948.

Vendetta was one of 25 V-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She had a standard load displacement of 1,090 tons, and a deep displacement of 1,490 tons. The destroyer was 312 feet 0.75 inches (95.1167 m) in length overall and 300 feet (91 m) long between perpendiculars, had a beam of 29 feet 5.75 inches (8.9853 m), and a maximum draught of 14 feet 7.5 inches (4.458 m). Propulsion machinery consisted of three Yarrow boilers connected to two Brown-Curtis turbines, which supplied 29,417 shaft horsepower (21,936 kW) to two propeller shafts. Although designed with a maximum speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph), Vendetta achieved 35.041 knots (64.896 km/h; 40.324 mph) during power trials. The ship's company consisted of 6 officers and 113 sailors.

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