HMS Vidal

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.

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1953  Wikimedia, Wikidata
length 315 foot, beam 40 foot, draft 13 foot, 
survey vessel, Chatham Dockyard, Royal Navy, United Kingdom, 

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1953 HMS Vidal

1954-03-29T00:00:00Z

1954-03-29T00:00:00Z

ship completed

1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1950-07-05T00:00:00Z

1950-07-05T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1951-07-31T00:00:00Z

1951-07-31T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Illustration from Edgell's Sea Surveys

Rockall James Fisher

Rockall Union flag hoisted 1955

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Illustration from Edgell's Sea Surveys		Commons
commons	image		Rockall James Fisher		Commons
commons	image		Rockall Union flag hoisted 1955		Commons