HMAS Vampire

HMAS Vampire was a V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Launched in 1917 as HMS Wallace, the ship was renamed and commissioned into the RN later that year. Vampire was lent to the RAN in 1933, and operated as a depot tender until just before World War II. Reactivated for war service, the destroyer served in the Mediterranean as part of the Scrap Iron Flotilla, and was escorting the British warships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse during their loss to Japanese aircraft in the South China Sea in December 1941. Vampire was sunk on 9 April 1942 by Japanese aircraft while sailing with the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes from Trincomalee.

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1917 Wikimedia, Wikidata
HMS Wallace; I68
V and W-class destroyer, destroyer, shipwreck, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Navy, J. Samuel White, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,

Location: 7.5833, 82.0833, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

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1917-09-22T00:00:00Z

1917 HMAS Vampire

1917-05-21T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1934-01-31T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1933-11-11T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1938-05-11T00:00:00Z

ship recommissioning

1916-10-10T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

World War I

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II

1933-11-11T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1938-05-11T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1917-09-22T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

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4 inch gun on HMAS Vampire 1938 SLV

John Henry Endicott on the deck of the RAN Destroyer HMAS Vampire

HMAS Vampire (AWM 012563)

HMAS Vampire 1942

HMS Hermes and HMAS Vampire under air attack 1942

Maritime Museum (6181840479)

HMAS Vampire taken on December 21, 2017 in Australian National Maritime Museum.

HMAS Vampire

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

link	page		Dreadnought Project page^@		Wikidata
link	page		naval-history.net page^@		Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1917	HMAS Vampire	V and W-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1924	HMS Hermes	shipwreck, aircraft carrier	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1940	HMS Hollyhock	shipwreck, corvette, Flower-class corvette	Wikidata
commons	image		4 inch gun on HMAS Vampire 1938 SLV		Commons
commons	image		John Henry Endicott on the deck of the RAN Destroyer HMAS Vampire		Commons
commons	image		HMAS Vampire (AWM 012563)		Commons
commons	image		HMAS Vampire 1942		Commons
commons	image		HMS Hermes and HMAS Vampire under air attack 1942		Commons
commons	image		Maritime Museum (6181840479)		Commons
commons	image		HMAS Vampire taken on December 21, 2017 in Australian National Maritime Museum.		Commons
commons	image		HMAS Vampire		Commons

HMAS Vampire

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