HMS Vigilant (R93)
Vigilant on the River Tyne, September 1943
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| Name: | HMS Vigilant |
| Ordered: | 1 September 1941 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
| Laid down: | 31 January 1942 |
| Launched: | 22 December 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 10 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 1963 |
| Identification: | pennant number R93/F93 |
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| Fate: | Scrapped 6 June 1965 |
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| Class and type: | V-class destroyer |
HMS Vigilant was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II.
On March 26, 1945 she, along with the destroyers Saumarez, Volage, and Virago, intercepted a Japanese supply convoy east of Khota Andaman, Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. She and Virago sank CH-63. She participated in the Battle of the Malacca Strait with the destroyers Saumarez, Verulam, Venus, and Virago which culminated in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Haguro on 16 May 1945.
in January 1946 Vigilant was part of the Londonderry Flotilla and in September 1946 went to the Mediterranean. Between 1947 and 1951 she was held in reserve at Portsmouth.
In 1951 she began conversion into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, by Thornycroft at Woolston. She was also allocated the new pennant number F93. Between 1953 and 1955 she was part of the 6th Frigate Squadron as part of the Home Fleet. In October 1954 she collided with another Type 15 Frigate HMS Relentless and was repaired at Devonport Dockyard.
In 1955 she had been converted for use as a training frigate and became leader of the Dartmouth Training Squadron. In 1956 this consisted of Vigilant, Venus, Carron and the minesweepers Jewel and Acute.
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