HMS Vidette (D48)

HMS Vidette
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vidette
Builder	Alexander Stephens & Sons Limited
Laid down	1 February 1917
Launched	28 February 1918
Completed	27 April 1918
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1947
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Admiralty V-class destroyer
Service record
Part of:	16th Destroyer Flotilla 13th Destroyer Flotilla Mid-Ocean Escort Force group B7
Operations:	World War II Attack on Mers-el-Kébir Battle of the Atlantic
Victories:	U-531 U-274 U-282 U-413 U-630

HMS Vidette (D48) was an Admiralty V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Built at the end of the First World War, she served in the final months of that conflict, and saw extensive service in the inter war years and in World War II. She was an effective convoy escort and U-boat killer, being credited with the destruction of five U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic. HMS Vidette transported Spike Island Republican Prisoners to Bere Island Internment Camp in 1921. *Refer Spike Island’s Republican Prisoners, 1921 by Tom O’Neill MA.