HMS Vanity (D28)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Vanity.
The second HMS Vanity was a V-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during World War I that saw service in World War II.
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Vanity in October 1941 | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Vanity |
Ordered | 30 June 1916 |
Builder | William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir |
Laid down | 28 July 1917 |
Launched | 3 May 1918 |
Commissioned | 21 June 1918 |
Decommissioned | 1930s |
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Recommissioned | August 1939 |
Decommissioned | 1945 |
Motto | Vanitas vanitatum ("Vanity of Vanities") |
Fate |
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Badge | A gold, blue, and green peacock's feather on a black field |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Admiralty V-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,100 long tons (1,100 t) (light) |
Length | 312 ft (95.1 m) (o/a) |
Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 steam turbines |
Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 110 |
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