HMS Vivid (P77)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Vivid.

HMS Vivid was a V-class submarine laid down in 1942 and launched in 1943 by Vickers Armstrong in Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the British Royal Navy.^[1][2][3] She was launched in September 1943 and, under the command of Lieutenant John Cromwell Varley DSC, served with the 10th Submarine Flotilla based at Malta during the closing stages of the Allied campaign in the Mediterranean sinking various German, Greek and Italian merchant ships off the coast of Greece.^[1][2]

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vivid
Builder	Vickers Armstrong, Walker-on-Tyne[1]
Laid down	27 October 1942[1]
Launched	15 September 1943[1]
Commissioned	19 January 1944[1]
Identification	Pennant number P77
Fate	Scrapped at Faslane, October 1950[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	V-class submarine
Length	204 ft 6 in (62.33 m)
Beam	15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)[2]
Depth	15 ft 10 in (4.83 m)[2]
Speed	11.5 kn (21.3 km/h) surfaced 9 kn (17 km/h)[2]
Endurance	Surface: 4,050 nmi (7,500 km; 4,660 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) (design) Submerged: 23 nmi (43 km; 26 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) or 170 nmi (310 km; 200 mi) at 2.5 kn (4.6 km/h; 2.9 mph) (design)[2]
Test depth	200 ft (61 m)[2]
Complement	33[2]
Armament	4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tube. 1 × 3 in gun, 3 × 0.303 in machine guns[2]

During one of her sorties in 1944, Vivid sighted the requisitioned merchant ship SS Tanais 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) northwest of the islet of Dia on 9 June. Vivid fired a spread of four torpedoes at a range of 2,400 yards (2,200 m). Two hit Tanais, sinking her in just 12 seconds; between 425 and 1,000 people died in the sinking, including deported Cretan Jews and Italian prisoners of war.

Following a refit, HMS Vivid was transferred to the 2nd Submarine Flotilla in the Far East for one patrol in June 1945.^[1] The vessel was paid off into Reserve in 1946 and scrapped at Faslane, Gare Loch in October 1950.^[1]

References

1. "HMS Vivid (P 77)". uboat.net. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
2. "Vivid (P 77)". Boat Database. Submariners Association Barrow-in-Furness Branch. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
3. "NMM, vessel ID 397591" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol iv. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

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