HMS Vivacious (D36)

HMS Vivacious (D36)
HMS Vivacious during World War II
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Vivacious
Namesakevivacious
Ordered30 June 1916[1]
BuilderYarrows, Glasgow[2]
Laid downJuly 1916
Launched3 November 1917
CompletedDecember 1917[2]
Commissioned29 December 1917
Decommissionedmid-1930s[2]
RecommissionedAugust 1939[2]
Decommissionedsummer 1945[1][2]
MottoSursum caudus ("Tails up")[2]
Honours and
awards
Fate
  • Sold for scrapping 7 May 1947
  • Scrapping began 10 September 1948[2]
BadgeA gold squirrel on a green field[2]
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmiralty V-class destroyer
Displacement1,272–1,339 tons
Length300 ft (91.4 m) o/a, 312 ft (95.1 m) p/p
Beam26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11 ft 3 in (3.4 m) deep
Propulsion
  • 3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers
  • Brown-Curtis steam turbines
  • 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Speed34 kt
Range320–370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi at 15 kt, 900 nmi at 32 kt
Complement110
Armament
NotesPennant number: D36
HMS Vivacious at Dunkirk, France, in late May 1940 during Operation Dynamo. A sunken ship is in the foreground.

HMS Vivacious (D36) was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War I and World War II.

  1. ^ a b uboat.net HMS Vivacious (D 36)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i HMS VIVACIOUS (D 36) – V & W-class Destroyer