HMS Vivien (L33)
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HMS Vivien (L33) 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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HMS Vivien moored to a buoy during World War II. | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Vivien |
Ordered | 30 June 1916[1] |
Builder | Yarrow Shipbuilders, Scotstoun, Glasgow[2] |
Laid down | July 1916[2] |
Launched | 16 February 1918[3] |
Completed | 28 May 1918[2] |
Commissioned | 28 May 1918[1] |
Decommissioned | 1920s?[2] |
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Recommissioned | September 1939[2] |
Decommissioned | 1945[2] |
Motto | Trust me in all[2] |
Honours and awards | Battle honour for North Sea 1940–1945[2] |
Fate | |
Badge | A book with gold ornaments, encircled by a gold snake, on a black field[2] |
General characteristics | |
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 |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 110 |
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