| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty V & W |
| Pennant | D 48 |
| Built by | A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1 Feb 1917 |
| Launched | 28 Feb 1918 |
| Commissioned | 27 Apr 1918 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Reconstruction to Long Range Escort at Sheerness Dockyard was finished in January 1943. HMS Vidette is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy list Sold to be broken up for scrap on 4 March 1947. |
Commands listed for HMS Vidette (D 48)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Cdr. (retired) Denys Royds Brocklebank, RN | 15 Jun 1939 | Jun 1940 | |
| 2 | Lt. Eric Norman Walmsley, RN | 1 Jun 1940 | ??? | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Raymond Hart, DSC, RN | 21 Dec 1942 | 6 Nov 1943 | |
| 4 | Cdr. Peter William Gretton, DSO, DSC, OBE, RN | 6 Nov 1943 | 1 Dec 1943 | |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. Raymond Hart, DSC, RN | 1 Dec 1943 | Mar 1944 | |
| 6 | Lt. Percival John Stoner, RN | Mar 1944 | 14 Apr 1944 | |
| 7 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. George Stephen Woolley, RNVR | 14 Apr 1944 | Apr 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Vidette include:
6 May 1943
The German submarine U-531 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of Newfoundland, in position 52º48'N, 45º18'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Vidette (Lt. R. Hart, DSC, RN). (see map)
6 May 1943
The German submarine U-630 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-east of Newfoundland, in position 52º31'N, 44º50'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Vidette (Lt. R. Hart, DSC, RN). (see map)
23 Oct 1943
The German submarine U-274 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Iceland in position 57º14'N, 27º50'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Duncan (Cdr. P.W. Gretton, OBE, DSO, DSC, RN) and HMS Vidette (Lt.Cdr. R. Hart, DSC and Bar, RN), and by depth charges from a British Liberator aircraft (Sqdn. 224/Z). (see map)
29 Oct 1943
The German submarine U-282 was sunk south-east of Greenland, in position 55º28'N, 31º57'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Vidette (Lt.Cdr. R. Hart, DSC and Bar, RN) and HMS Duncan (Cdr. P.W. Gretton, OBE, DSO, DSC, RN) and the British corvette HMS Sunflower (A/Lt.Cdr. J. Plomer, DSC, RCNVR). (see map)
20 Aug 1944
The German submarine U-413 was sunk in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50º21'N, 00º01'W, by depth charges from the British escort destroyer HMS Wensleydale (A/Lt.Cdr. W.P. Goodfellow, RNVR) and the British destroyers HMS Forester (Lt. D.C. Beatty, RN) and HMS Vidette (T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.S. Wooley, RNVR). (see map)
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