History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Vidal |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | 5 July 1950 |
Launched | 31 July 1951 |
Completed | 29 March 1954 |
Commissioned | 1954 |
Fate | Broken up in June 1976 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Survey ship |
Displacement | 1,885 long tons full load |
Length | 297 ft (91 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots |
Complement | 161 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Dragonfly helicopter |
HMS Vidal was a survey ship of the Royal Navy. She was designed specifically as a surveying vessel, and was the first survey ship to carry a helicopter. In 1955, a group from Vidal formally annexed Rockall in the North Sea to the United Kingdom.