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HMS Vanquisher
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HMS Vanquisher (D54) was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War I and World War II.
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Name | HMS Vanquisher |
Namesake | Vanquisher |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Ordered | 30 June 1916[1] |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank[2] |
Laid down | 27 September 1916[2] |
Launched | 18[2] or 28[1] August 1917 |
Commissioned | 2 October 1917[1] |
Decommissioned | June 1945[2] |
Identification | Pennant number: D54 |
Motto | Pugna vinco pugno ("I fight, I conquer with my fist")[2] |
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Badge | A gold dexter arm with clenched fist on a white field[2] |
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Class and type | Admiralty V-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,272–1,339 tons |
Length | 300 ft (91.4 m) o/a, 312 ft (95.1 m) p/p |
Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11 ft 3 in (3.4 m) deep |
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Speed | 34 kt |
Range | 320–370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi at 15 kt, 900 nmi at 32 kt |
Complement | 110 |
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