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HMS Vimy (D 33)

Destroyer of the Admiralty V & W class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralty V & W 
PennantD 33 
Built byWilliam Beardmore & Co. (Dalmuir, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Mar, 1917 
Launched28 Dec, 1917 
Commissioned19 Mar, 1918 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryReconstruction to Long Range Escort finished in June 1941.

Scrapped in February 1948.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Ivo Thomas Clark, RN
15 June 1939 - 8 November 1939

Lt.Cdr. Colin George Walter Donald, RN
8 November 1939 – 23 May 1940+

Lt.Cdr. Michael Wentworth Ewart-Wentworth, RN
May 1940 – 20 July 1940

Lt.Cdr. Dermod James Boris Jewitt, RN
20 July 1940 - ???

HMS Vimy was in Dockyard Control during conversion / refit

Lt.Cdr. Henry Graham Dudley de Chair, RN
20 May 1941 – 1 December 1942
DSC awarded on 22 December 1942

Lt.Cdr. Richard Been Stannart, VC, RNR
1 December 1942 – 28 March 1943

Lt.Cdr. John Neil Kelly Knight, RN
28 March 1943 – 24 June 1944

Lt.Cdr. Karl Henry John Lynch Phipps, RN
24 June 1944 – still in command in April 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Vimy is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy list 


Noteable events involving Vimy include:

21 Sep, 1941
The Italian submarine Luigi Torelli (offsite link) is heavily damaged by depth charges HMS Vimy (Lt.Cdr. H.G.D. de Chair, RN) in the North Atlantic.

The loss of the Italian submarine Allesandro Malaspina (offsite link) that is often credited to HMS Vimy is incorrect.

3 Sep, 1942
The German submarine U-162 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic north-east of Trinidad, in position 12º21'N, 59º29'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Vimy (Lt.Cdr. H.G.D. de Chair, RN) HMS Pathfinder (Cdr. E.A. Gibbs, DSO and Bar, RN) and HMS Quentin (Lt.Cdr. A.H.P. Noble, DSC, RN). (see map)

4 Feb, 1943
The German submarine U-187 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 50º12'N, 36º35'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Vimy (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannart, VC, RNR) and HMS Beverley (Lt.Cdr. R.A Price, RN). (see map)


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