| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty V & W |
| Pennant | D 33 |
| Built by | William Beardmore & Co. (Dalmuir, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 30 Jun 1916 |
| Laid down | 15 Mar 1917 |
| Launched | 28 Dec 1917 |
| Commissioned | 19 Mar 1918 |
| End service | |
| History | Reconstruction to Long Range Escort at Portsmouth Dockyard was finished in June 1941. This ship was the first of the V & W-class destroyers to be converted to a Long Range Escort. HMS Vimy is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy list Scrapped in February 1948. |
Commands listed for HMS Vimy (D 33)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Ivo Thomas Clark, RN | 15 Jun 1939 | 8 Nov 1939 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. Colin George Walter Donald, RN | 8 Nov 1939 | 23 May 1940 (+) | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Richard George Kirby Knowling, RN | 23 May 1940 | 28 May 1940 (+) | |
| 4 | Lt. Adrian Paul Northey, RN | 28 May 1940 | 30 May 1940 | |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. (retired) Michael Wentworth Ewart-Wentworth, RN | 30 May 1940 | 20 Jul 1940 | |
| 6 | Lt.Cdr. Dermod James Boris Jewitt, RN | 20 Jul 1940 | early 1941 | |
| 7 | Lt.Cdr. Henry Graham Dudley de Chair, RN | 20 May 1941 | 1 Dec 1942 | |
| 8 | Lt.Cdr. Richard Been Stannard, VC, RD, RNR | 1 Dec 1942 | 28 Mar 1943 | |
| 9 | Lt.Cdr. John Neil Kelly Knight, RN | 28 Mar 1943 | 24 Jun 1944 | |
| 10 | Lt.Cdr. Karl Henry John Lynch Phibbs, RN | 24 Jun 1944 | mid 1945 | |
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Noteable events involving Vimy include:
21 Sep 1941
The Italian submarine Luigi Torelli (offsite link) is heavily damaged by
depth charges from HMS Vimy (Lt.Cdr. H.G.D. de Chair, RN) while escorting the convoy HG-73 in the North Atlantic.
The loss of the Italian submarine Alessandro Malaspina (offsite link) that is often credited to HMS Vimy is incorrect. Her fate was revised in March 2004 by Dr. Axel Niestlé and Eric Zimmerman.
3 Sep 1942
German U-boat U-162 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic north-east of Trinidad, in position 12°21'N, 59°29'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)
18 Sep 1942
HMS Vimy (Lt.Cdr. H.G.D. de Chair, RN) picks up 17 survivors of the American merchant West Lashaway that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-66 about 375 miles east of Trinidad on 30 August.
4 Feb 1943
German U-boat U-187 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 50°12'N, 36°35'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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