- Second World War service
- Post-War service
- Decommissioning and disposal
- Commanding officers
- Notes
- Publications
- External links
{{other ships|HMS Vigilant}}{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2012}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image = HMS Vigilant 1943 IWM FL 9580.jpg | Ship caption = Vigilant on the River Tyne, September 1943
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = United Kingdom | United Kingdom|naval}} | Ship name = HMS Vigilant | Ship owner = | Ship namesake = | Ship ordered = 1 September 1941 | Ship builder=Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom | Ship yard number = | Ship laid down = 31 January 1942 | Ship launched = 22 December 1942 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 10 September 1943 | Ship decommissioned = 1963 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship identification=pennant number R93/F93 | Ship honours =*Arctic 1943-44- Normandy 1944
- Malaya 1945
- Burma 1945
| Ship motto = | Ship fate = Scrapped 6 June 1965 | Ship status = | Ship notes =
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption=V-class destroyer | Ship class=V-class destroyer | 1777|LT|t|0}} standard- {{convert|2058|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full load
| 363|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 35|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 10|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship propulsion=*2 × Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers- Geared steam turbines, {{convert|40000|shp|0|abbr=on}}
- 2 shafts
| 37|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} | 4860|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|29|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} | Ship complement= 180 (225 in flotilla leader) | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*Original configuration :- 4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk XII guns in single mountings CP Mk.XXII
- 2 × QF 40 mm Bofors guns in twin mount Mk.IV
- 6 × QF 20 mm Oerlikon guns; 2 × twin mounts Mk.V, 2 × single mounts Mk.III
- 2 × quadruple tubes for {{convert|21|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} torpedo Mk.IX
| Ship armour= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Header caption=Type 15 frigate | Ship class=Type 15 frigate | Ship type= | Ship tonnage= | 2300|LT|t|0}} standard | Ship tons burthen= | 358|ft|m|abbr=on}} o/a | 37|ft|9|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 14|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion=*2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers,- steam turbines on 2 shafts,
- 40,000 shp
| Ship sail plan= | 31|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} (full load) | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=174 | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors=*Radar- Type 293Q target indication (later Type 993)
- Type 277Q surface search
- Type 974 navigation
- Type 262 fire control on director CRBF
- Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF
- Sonar:
- Type 174 search
- Type 162 target classification
- Type 170 attack
| Ship EW= | Ship armament=*1 × twin 4 in gun Mark 19- 1 × twin 40mm Bofors Mk.5;
- 2 × Squid A/S mortar or;
- 2 × Limbo Mark 10 A/S mortar
| Ship armour= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | HMS Vigilant was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. Second World War serviceOn March 26, 1945 she, along with the destroyers {{HMS|Saumarez|G12|2}}, {{HMS|Volage|R41|2}}, and {{HMS|Virago|R75|2}}, intercepted a Japanese supply convoy east of Khota Andaman, Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. She and Virago sank {{ship|Japanese submarine chaser|CH-63||2}}. Also part of the escorting destroyers of the 21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron involved in Operation Dracula from April to May 1945. She participated in the Battle of the Malacca Strait with the destroyers Saumarez, {{HMS|Verulam|R28|2}}, {{HMS|Venus|R50|2}}, and Virago which culminated in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Haguro||2}} on 16 May 1945. Post-War servicein January 1946 Vigilant was part of the Londonderry Flotilla and in September 1946 went to the Mediterranean. Between 1947 and 1951 she was held in reserve at Portsmouth. In 1951 she began conversion into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, by Thornycroft at Woolston. She was also allocated the new pennant number F93. Between 1953 and 1955 she was part of the 6th Frigate Squadron as part of the Home Fleet. In October 1954 she collided with another Type 15 Frigate HMS Relentless and was repaired at Devonport Dockyard.[1] In 1955 she had been converted for use as a training frigate and became leader of the Dartmouth Training Squadron. In 1956 this consisted of Vigilant, Venus, {{HMS|Carron|R30|2}} and the minesweepers Jewel and Acute. Decommissioning and disposalVigilant was paid off in 1963 and arrived at Faslane for breaking up on 4 June 1965.[2]Commanding officers| From | To | Captain | | 1943 | 1945 | Lt Cdr L W L Argles RN | | 1945 | 1946 | Lt Cdr K G L Southcombe RN[3] | | 1947 | 1951 | In reserve | | 1951 | 1952 | Conversion to Type 15 Frigate | | 1955 | 1957 | Capt John E Scotland RN | | 1957 | 1958 | Capt Morgan C Giles RN | | 1958 | 1960 | | |
1960 Lt Cdr P J Shaw [4] Notes1. ^{{cite book|last=Critchley |first=Mike |title=British Warships Since 1945: Part 3: Destroyers |publisher=Maritime Books |place=Liskeard, UK |date=1982 |isbn=0-9506323-9-2 |pages=70}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-61V-HMS_Vigilant.htm|title=HMS Vigilant (R 93) - V-class Destroyer |publisher=naval-history.net |last=Mason |first=Geoffrey B. |editor=Gordon Smith |date=2004 |accessdate=2 May 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4520.html |title=HMS Vigilant (R 93) |publisher=uboat.net |accessdate=2 May 2015}}
4. ^BRNC Blue Book January 1960
Publications- {{colledge}}
- {{cite book|title=Royal Navy Destroyers since 1945 |first=Leo |last=Marriott |publisher=Ian Allan |date=1994 |isbn=0-7110-1817-0}}
- {{cite book|last=Raven|first=Alan|author2=Roberts, John |title=War Built Destroyers O to Z Classes|publisher=Bivouac Books|location=London|year=1978|isbn=0-85680-010-4}}
- {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War 2|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}
External links- Naval-History.net HMS Vigilant
- {{cite web |url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/CH-63_t.htm |title=Japanese Sub Chasers |publisher=Combinedfleet.com |accessdate=26 March 2014}}
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