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HMS Vigilant was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 1 | 5cce1c14936fc67eb7c924d07a6f9485c69a361f7eba8ecb2fc00b13962974d3 | 100 | 22 |
Second World War service | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 2 | 27e04a2e184af797977b3247f26907783309dba4cdfab8aaed789bd9b6c272c4 | 24 | 4 |
On 26 March 1945 she, along with the destroyers , , and , intercepted a Japanese supply convoy east of Khota Andaman, Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. She and Virago sank . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 3 | 582a4cf99cbdebb5e2000c8a469d910ad778aaf1329e83520a2eac71a73b443b | 176 | 45 |
Also part of the escorting destroyers of the 21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron involved in Operation Dracula from April to May 1945. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 4 | 4e446206968fd7be306df74924d7fb0034cb32142740e2d0276aac0bef70adde | 129 | 31 |
She participated in the Battle of the Malacca Strait with the destroyers Saumarez, , , and Virago which culminated in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser on 16 May 1945. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 5 | 2248a8144791acff55d44c74448fa4c55170b25c057a211c7c096f1379d367b4 | 171 | 45 |
Post-War service | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 6 | 0d839ec446d164cea4609e14676c82a98b155f10a4a4f2adb375746646430189 | 16 | 4 |
In 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. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 7 | 846297e9e890852a01c1e7536f924a703f4dbe4d500a08fbee242fac103b35b3 | 172 | 53 |
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 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 8 | 44b74316ffcc248d5ab0fc257eafe1e3c55f81928847d27488699bd241d35fde | 355 | 104 |
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, and the minesweepers Jewel and Acute. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 9 | 83cf02b3516815db7394f915911570016b6b60b921685ed998450a800b0292ba | 196 | 50 |
Decommissioning and disposal | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 10 | d19e91c84d69ea041ef49fd647137153781d6ef33aaf25086fd5fe3465324af7 | 28 | 5 |
Vigilant was paid off in 1963 and arrived at Faslane for breaking up on 4 June 1965. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 11 | e68e26334e945158843dcfc4f05aa520c972d5b2c76b971e801e69abc61800d8 | 84 | 30 |
Notes | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 12 | 8448d0ebaefe4abe3b430e2b6e0c1d677d8085bd30ef6aa434bc746ff5ad3a0f | 5 | 1 |
Publications | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 13 | 924beb9dd3a30d468f40153b3d448e4fd0c42fd0845d9ac387df6a6af5ec6a30 | 12 | 1 |
External links | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 14 | a43e9a4f56160a343cbb63d26b20ff841d9f2bb60c896833640f07e2c8e49a0f | 14 | 2 |
Naval-History.net HMS Vigilant | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 15 | d09ec12650c9a3616bb86710b75eebfe884a1526a52ec00de098f5108b480193 | 30 | 9 |
U and V-class destroyers of the Royal Navy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 16 | ab7ca50f9246fb4de09810ec448c605fc3cd2d37fd38430f53c0daa47916eb30 | 42 | 11 |
Ships built by Swan Hunter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 17 | 96362366e333fc6b041bf4b37782463dbabef8d33fc9a8177bad65c8de68b19d | 26 | 5 |
Ships built on the River Tyne | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 18 | cede548db4adef4cd159819c7364f75d353a4321e3d0dc3f13c330a67fa5b407 | 29 | 6 |
1942 ships | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 19 | 3d3681a3c15717e4be426991fa95c716e495a7d7b8607f62328c8ecde5629852 | 10 | 5 |
World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 20 | 96ff9094ba04bff8adf9820486dd4493bac95ab0b9ecd34149fba5f732f5403d | 45 | 9 |
Cold War destroyers of the United Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 21 | d5844d2492365a724cf358ba6df346b981cde19d1286096eb30d82b0bde48bd3 | 41 | 8 |
Type 15 frigates | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 22 | 95064569f2d9de51dc9de3084af87a3c578d07b63f0977c4d276e1da47bd6149 | 16 | 6 |
Cold War frigates of the United Kingdom | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Vigilant%20%28R93%29 | 8265668 | 23 | 15286955cf50354f2dad3b0447ce08050fa0143b1f6b72cf8e9f793cebf28aa9 | 39 | 8 |
Hertford Heath is a village and civil parish near the county town of Hertford in Hertfordshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 2,672. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 1 | 09143885948ba579d54d5168d0784d1d45cd3ccb4079d3e262b60efa16d3c9c8 | 149 | 40 |
Geography | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 2 | 49379db6c345ea5a2e0ef9187c0e51a93ba91fc44688572e951b634ecadd3dbe | 9 | 1 |
It is located on a heath above the River Lea valley, on its south side. Almost all of the village is 90 metres (300 feet) above sea level, with most of the surrounding fields being arable farm land, or cattle and horse grazing. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 3 | 6275ded4961141e08c89a099baf33d7e5da14d95e5b8a48633a507fc52314ccc | 227 | 56 |
History | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 4 | deccee816789fcdce0c4fa588bdbe526ca1e845e286f0f6735864c4ec7c5ef63 | 7 | 1 |
Hertford Heath was once a settlement of the Catuvellauni tribe, before Julius Caesar invaded in 54 BC. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 5 | 99591dc8a7ac48db1fb215c9c27a2e77ca915da3649425ae860ecf4fbdd8f8d9 | 102 | 26 |
The original hamlet of Hertford Heath was the southern part of the modern village along London Road, and was in the parish of Great Amwell. A separate village and parish called Little Amwell was centred on a village green a short distance to the north of Hertford Heath. During the twentieth century the urban areas of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 6 | 9897a895930a183b75961d05eae4be775efa231085d19e6bda00d633b3fe7ad9 | 409 | 79 |
In 1956 builders laying concrete for the garages in Trinity Road, came across a Belgic grave from about the 40–50 AD period, early Iron Age pottery was discovered and remnants are available to view in the British Museum. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 7 | 57b3de43eef4c42af98c1b4e475e2b175453dff081ed9a20d179ae0e02816e29 | 220 | 51 |
More extensive historical facts can be found here extrapolated from a note written by Esme Nix of Rush Green (an area nestled in the corner of Downfield Road, Hoe Lane, Gallows Hill and the A10, giving the service station and A10 junction its name.) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 8 | a8a975f7455411eb2c0126f28e29d4211892d2269d5d441df1d29ebb81af72c6 | 249 | 55 |
Governance | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 9 | 7cdd6ef3a6cee454e1126d5ca14d8a7904321b8698a17977a635f7c094e60cc5 | 10 | 1 |
Hertford Heath is part of the district of East Hertfordshire and the county of Hertfordshire. The civil parish of Hertford Heath was created on 1 April 1990 from the former parish of Little Amwell, which was abolished, and parts of the neighbouring parishes of Great Amwell, Stanstead St Margarets, and Ware. The parish ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 10 | c687e9e2bea339cba3427fac3bc87cd54eeeca7d1a608fe7c5aa6f7588ec3fd1 | 508 | 108 |
Shops and facilities | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 11 | 4a65a25fd77851859a9e9c747d5a2daf98f02ee27bb3a63fbc8e9093a0517018 | 20 | 4 |
The village has modest amenities including a convenience store, numerous public houses and eateries and a service station. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 12 | f256a83ec4b9fce6d5fdc0bb66ab848abe989eb2a9379e36c6bea9f935bc7f07 | 122 | 20 |
The Silver Fox on London Road is a centrally located country pub with a small garden. It offers home cooked food and a wide selection at the bar. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 13 | da0b5b1ccd047044b72dbdea89dd88bedeb552ff9aba2452c4277314a8181e9c | 145 | 30 |
The Goat Inn at the junction of Vicarage Causeway and Downfield Road is the oldest building in the village, with cartography dating pre-1756 showing its location and existence. It is another country pub serving food and boasting an exterior seating area overlooking the village green and the pétanque court. Local legend... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 14 | 0643a7c0c41678277ae63c1fdcdea3c3e33e21d54b28d6500d3104e5ab68f761 | 380 | 76 |
The College Arms (formerly the Jolly Pindar, and prior to that, the East India College Arms – linked to the then East India Company College [1805], now Haileybury College) is a modern gastropub. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 15 | 9153b8703165c1a9b8381d3750269b88f7ff46393a7c90b25c1ef56dcdb66653 | 194 | 47 |
The Galley Hall, located in Hailey Lane is a freehouse pub offering home-cooked food. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 16 | 4dbbceacd70e6b1be730344601cd229301c7c2bbfd36558154236c2a46c15194 | 85 | 20 |
Hertford Heath Motors are a small MOT test centre and workshop and used car dealer located centrally on London Road. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 17 | 454abadf68485d42c0019e2da20967059bd1338783836b69d62827ed9c155559 | 116 | 23 |
Haileybury Motor Works offer garage services, repairs, mechanics and equipment, and are located on the southern edge of the village by Haileybury College [see Schools below]. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 18 | 78733a9e1802321d120b96ffd770bc17b1501a6f88d9ed360916b4501a499da3 | 174 | 34 |
Schools | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 19 | 496ae710e082a85818f660e76fff8bf854c031b97682043688e51af0d60000d6 | 7 | 1 |
Hertford Heath Junior Mixed Infant (JMI) School caters for children from Nursery up to Year 6 (leavers for Secondary Education). | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 20 | 73585b3ba1abe5f455bce7fcaeb1a13faf35c2cda0c20682c732c8432d297a03 | 128 | 29 |
Haileybury College, a private boarding school (formerly the East India Company College [1805], Imperial Service College [1845] and United Services College [1874]) is on the south-east boundary of the village. It offers facilities to the village and public at large who are able, subject to availability, to use its moder... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 21 | cb4600f26fee31c10134447a35e75c0e40eb099992da1fe98bff07dc56109331 | 352 | 79 |
a 25-metre deck level indoor heated swimming pool | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 22 | 3cf5846046fed069db5028b2fd6b8d61f951a538e94fcf33145f48437df17308 | 49 | 12 |
an 8-court badminton hall | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 23 | 43282ec009dea51eab7da6a744b15c47adbd767adf74844d757773d0eb3bbf3d | 25 | 7 |
4 squash courts | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 24 | 0ff1ba9e2d06c372bd466c68b000628508abd9db0b24cc22098285ef5b043135 | 15 | 3 |
all-weather surface (with floodlights) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 25 | b69709fdecc5353642d49cac506578ccfb7c06b0bc5285a164ec713f9709951a | 38 | 9 |
a state-of-the-art fitness suite | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 26 | 296d469e366475aba5a734f36cafb6debb8e413c55aa5165bda2d4151d60eff6 | 32 | 10 |
8 tennis courts (summer only) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 27 | 4ffcd140e9b3fb3dcb2a372ef0e8cbf1fcf0d5a0dc942642881b6d6a3ef07446 | 29 | 7 |
Notable locations and buildings | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 28 | 1f12d88f25c0b539b4baf70db09fe38d34c6de196158e1e38165f8ef8fc8e99c | 31 | 4 |
The Village Hall – plays host to events such as the local farmers' market and the Annual Horticultural Society show | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 29 | ccc764257a6ec7b8b457168496d786aaa66e27b977be503d2e68c250e4c819e1 | 115 | 21 |
Holy Trinity Church (Little Amwell) led by the Rev. Nick Sharp. It was built in 1863 to the design of Ewan Christian in the Early English Gothic style. It is a Grade II listed building. The church celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2013. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 30 | 523c9f9924b9eb35df129f3cd401b6e39ca49c149fd93acb0900d204f4b96938 | 238 | 64 |
Ermine Street, the former Roman Road from London to York, runs from the rear of Hertford Heath Motors to Goose Green near Hoddesdon and onwards to London (it is now a bridleway to the South. The former route across the village through what is now Hogsdell Lane, on to Rush Green, has been bisected by the main route thro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 31 | 733d16fed1c86f844defbddaad3802d686e3d13290fe55a0a0dc8d803600c828 | 397 | 93 |
The Hertford Heath nature reserve and Balls Wood nature reserve cover nearly 80 hectares of surrounding countryside and woodland. Hertford Heath is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and both sites are managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Balls Wood was purchased by the Trust from the Forestry Commiss... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 32 | d52322e11b3e63787292852edfd1d59392c3b0c6a504fe209aa1198b6d3974a8 | 356 | 64 |
Notable residents | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 33 | 70f7dc015736bd081d385cf2e8659e5e03200170fc9a111f6d0655e4db65e5cf | 17 | 2 |
Florence L. Barclay (1862-1921): a romance novelist and short story writer. She was the wife of Reverend Charles W. Barclay, who was the vicar of Holy Trinity from 1881 to 1920. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 34 | a014ac073cbcfa31c4dff853a961e1feed5c1506aa05def1a7894f949b57afce | 177 | 54 |
Vera Barclay (1893–1989): the daughter of Florence and Charles Barclay. She was a pioneer of female leadership in the Scout Movement and was instrumental in the establishment of the Wolf Cub programme in the United Kingdom and France. She later became a prolific author on a range of subjects, especially children's sto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 35 | 9c8e4db82cd6b85b5e9662e73d622f895df337b275db338ca3163e47fa5d87cc | 325 | 71 |
Freedom of the Parish | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 36 | ae4a6fa1ae80770e3dbcfbca782eeb7ac0140000617bf9d6645c1440811e47c6 | 21 | 4 |
The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Parish of Hertford Heath. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 37 | a6835d7020cfb3835f5500f72e3c2ca5942b19e00b9f9e5f5edded4f295c505a | 98 | 18 |
Individuals | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 38 | 7c875215967a52b3bf7575365de8a27897f529ac0ffea114337b6dd160db49d0 | 11 | 1 |
Frederick "Fred" Harrington. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 39 | 135a380f391189b1f361a0b8bfbdd716c74a0b15ef24b0d5e822527246ced7c2 | 28 | 6 |
Lilly Bean. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 40 | ecc9d1543e5c9a21f61d9c8b995421c574a610db86a7002ed0ec7b21904d619c | 11 | 4 |
Gerald Nix: January 2000. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 41 | f4dfcb25fc81d6123fe8b31ffbc41394cf74b0040bd31cbf29f9661d876e3104 | 25 | 10 |
Robert "Bob" Akers. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 42 | 914b92d9771f9f2265e389894c5bb4452439b9328ec0dc67d82d30ce0f412575 | 19 | 7 |
See also | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 43 | 84dbe11aa0c72d23f91757820fdd1fffa0163e6ff71ad1ab67b64f69c35859e3 | 8 | 2 |
Hertford | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 44 | c9dff206417dea8db0f9a8f5d5acd4c355072fd329c67922d9d5fca04e2e2ec5 | 8 | 3 |
Hertfordshire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 45 | af95e51597a25a162560cd0f2eb31c729364bb0908f4a9108bf9baed0eb463c8 | 13 | 3 |
Lea Valley | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 46 | c01d47baf4476f39cf8c0404772f95c8d6145db31e9cdcf9ae3fc9656d6a1933 | 10 | 2 |
References | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 47 | 531febb9fcfb5bfb4bced7a8643f579044900f608e3a39a181e2e35ada9e68ad | 10 | 1 |
External links | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 48 | 77f0b3f39bc0fb49f7c786b028d9462ce09951c630c42676feb62572c2d1c3f9 | 14 | 2 |
Hertford Heath Parish Council | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 49 | ca055fb39f0274d07779d725ca1ee0b127cf8907baecff114417bf25815a20e0 | 29 | 6 |
Villages in Hertfordshire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 50 | 48310b581f854a3bed2cdd10244ca9fb8b2584780c4f2b01004537ca78b0677f | 25 | 4 |
Civil parishes in Hertfordshire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 51 | a6c0b9e6d89fb4708c64eb5f195f023844236db0483d660d9457c8b2d39b9b00 | 31 | 4 |
East Hertfordshire District | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford%20Heath | 8265670 | 52 | efb78c92699cc597eb8e2b8e0d30bb2ef6273ccb6f1768d580e9182f9fe1f59f | 27 | 3 |
HMS Virago was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that served in World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F76. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 1 | d5b278af64f2fd4339f1e80d9c902161cf0fe9dc7b27932ba5b1c22e0cc8cc37 | 190 | 48 |
Second World War service | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 2 | aad748efbb68aae0a25316d8f84aedb399fde67d8a99f019bdc683305297d89c | 24 | 4 |
Arctic convoys | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 3 | a5e3af929c4d95ab2f5e9b4b96739275fb4cfa1be1fef868bc96c7e46f45dba7 | 14 | 3 |
In addition to escorting the perilous Arctic convoys during 1943–44, Virago participated with other British destroyers in the Battle of North Cape on 26 December 1943, where her torpedoes helped sink the badly beaten , following a fierce fight between the Germans and the battleship . On 30 January 1944, while escorting... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 4 | 74766001f470008e295f205881905d5b54c8fdc34a00df0ea17b96f6d58a66df | 799 | 200 |
Normandy landings | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 5 | 261277e23c50492b25f8108bf3207adb993c846c2ea01c389491aeb08a44092a | 17 | 3 |
During the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 she fired on German positions behind Lion-sur-Mer on Sword Beach, and later gave cover fire for troops advancing inland. Virago remained off the coast of Normandy at various stations providing support for the invasion force until 6 July, when she departed and resumed opera... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 6 | af9bf2493689f3423d3fab27bb8afeb96e5ab47767a086a6e67bf039abe25b89 | 394 | 81 |
Far East | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 7 | 5ef3ce3331387f69ad37e4624b493e75ce8a058279c6d0d7c1d52f9eb172b3e7 | 8 | 2 |
Transferred to the Eastern Fleet in January 1945. On 26 March 1945 she, along with the destroyers , , and , intercepted a Japanese supply convoy east of Khota Andaman, Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. She and Vigilant sank the . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 8 | c9b4a93104ed3cbda0765ad7c62da30a8ab7d18a263feb55f14b0d3a1da35e6c | 232 | 60 |
She patrolled the Malacca Strait and supported Operation Dracula off the coast of Burma in late April 1945 as part of the 21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron. Virago subsequently participated in the Battle of the Malacca Strait with Saumarez, , and Vigilant which culminated in the sinking of the Japanese heavy cruiser in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 9 | 4b6b0241d85eaaf94bd88e7094f06bbedfeb26411543ecf94e8e8441f8ce2d85 | 1,127 | 256 |
Throughout her wartime commission, Virago was under the command of Lt. Cdr. Archibald John Ramsay White (1910-1991). | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 10 | 838a425317670600f405b5c5ab04c708f8ff83e270bfc422e2d4673ff8cd62fd | 116 | 32 |
Post War service | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 11 | 25491b54760370e14853471b02b6aad92e467998f51e914aaef5c6a4d74f4e4b | 16 | 3 |
Between 1946 and 1949 Virago was part of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, based in the Mediterranean. On 2 August 1946 the British oil tanker exploded, burned and sank in Haifa Roads, Palestine, killing 25 people. Virago and Venus took part in the rescue of survivors. Venus and Virago had been dropping depth charges in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 12 | 1d4a6aed06a95e9cf08a3eef3cfae26ef985b12deb97dcd8fc441434c655dc04 | 648 | 153 |
On 19 September 1946, gunfire from Virago was used to scuttle the forward half of the wreck of , the tanker which had played a pivotal role in the Siege of Malta. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 13 | 5db6cd4b6171601418679a69737690f011f0504ac140e0441610518be39cf92c | 162 | 42 |
Between 1949 and 1951 she was held in reserve at Chatham Dockyard. Between 1951 and 1953 she was converted to a Type 15 frigate at Chatham Dockyard. On re-commissioning in 1953 she became part of the 6th Frigate Squadron and in that year took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 14 | 26c2df41e8922ffaa51c90c07498bb9f7daae48e7b9d1d1d0ec910eef3bce622 | 318 | 91 |
Between 1955 and 1960 she was held in reserve at Chatham Dockyard. Between 1962 and 1963 she was part of the Dartmouth Training Squadron. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 15 | 10894438bc157a3db9e2c2a5d3648e82ba70d30e2e30d4718f1edfc2aadd520a | 137 | 43 |
Decommissioning and disposal | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 16 | 013ea58875a93f3e804ff444acb3f5ee8bc36a85d5ce6dbc442c5b1a78c0e35c | 28 | 5 |
Virago was decommissioned in 1963 and held in reserve at Devonport. She arrived in Faslane for breaking up in June 1965. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 17 | 29905bb09d74fb48d507574b6ea34bc8430d44bb21af4285d01fa99e3cb7a86c | 120 | 35 |
Citations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 18 | 2b6d464eddd1c9941fedac667de5e2c876fa5b43a707dba0cc6e1ea888690589 | 9 | 2 |
References | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 19 | 46d9c47b1521a15be1242168f3ec8f62dc43695356694e77c0a5c321b3f97d2c | 10 | 1 |
External links | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 20 | 1a50495dd57d5eab793f1f0d3f23940782770176fd751975cae53c043a4f1d16 | 14 | 2 |
Naval-History.net HMS Virago | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 21 | 6de7f3b540a965e90ed5839a0330f39d5caf5eef9fc3eb747dfd0ec74d9f4a0e | 28 | 9 |
U and V-class destroyers of the Royal Navy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 22 | 0eebe571a7fc58d43910a2685cdd372179f0a0665b08253efb50c875af377b78 | 42 | 11 |
Ships built by Swan Hunter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 23 | 3a6ae6a5007c48b1918907a8ff75e37053ba1ff4f9cb7497752c4587048990a6 | 26 | 5 |
Ships built on the River Tyne | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 24 | 866e67984e2a25e5626a64cb5858797ec05fc7a2985391d1d047b228f77fe834 | 29 | 6 |
1943 ships | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS%20Virago%20%28R75%29 | 8265681 | 25 | bcbda6bf31f103ff9f07af0371e81a2bd14affe028c445da88db1b02a7fb009b | 10 | 5 |
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