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on 11 January 1943. She was launched on 19 June that year and commissioned on 10 September, a build time of just seven months and three days.
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mounts began replacing the twin 20 mm mounts on a one for one basis. All of the ships were fitted for four throwers and two rails for
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was the only British ship to be sunk by kamikaze attack and the last Royal Navy ship to be lost in the
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of 11 feet (3.4 m). The ships' complement consisted of 85 officers and
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The turbine-powered group displaced 850 long tons (860 t) at
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hit a mine, which killed seven men. The ship was scuttled by
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underwent trials until October 1944. She took part in a
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of 35 feet 6 inches (10.8 m). They had a
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648:"The 110 Ships, Their Fate & Their Badges RN(6)" 2669: 2305: 2218: 2173: 2052: 1936: 1222: 284:. She was launched in 1943 and saw service in the 1089:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 579:was sunk on 26 July 1945 whilst participating in 377:(1,500 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 16.5 242:QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun 1087:Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). 934: 932: 963:"HMS Nelson – Nelson-class 16in gun Battleship" 2300:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in July 1945 2805:Algerine-class minesweepers of the Royal Navy 2285: 1197: 1155:. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland 1115:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. 318:was commanded by Lt. Charles William Porter, 8: 983:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 630:at 72 metres (236 ft) below sea level. 342:. The ships measured 225 feet (68.6 m) 153:A sacred flame which was brought to Rome by 16:Algerine-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy 2810:World War II shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean 603:, the crew were taken off and the ship was 338:load and 1,125 long tons (1,143 t) at 2292: 2278: 2270: 2042: 1204: 1190: 1182: 676:. Stroud: The History Press. p. 151. 587:, and were soon followed by several more. 879:"Paxman and the Royal Navy-Surface Ships" 292:. She was critically damaged by Japanese 698:"HMS Vestal-World Naval Ships Directory" 373:. The engines produced a total of 2,000 19:For other ships with the same name, see 1000:"The Discovery of the HMS Vestal (Pdf)" 639: 142:pilot on 26 July 1945 and subsequently 976: 857:"HMS Vestal (J 215) of the Royal Navy" 755: 674:The Rise and Fall of Harland and Wolff 296:aircraft in 1945 and was subsequently 27: 904: 902: 900: 667: 665: 44: 7: 560:, and the survivors were rescued by 310:. She was sunk whilst partaking in 14: 1091:. London: Conway Maritime Press. 2820:Ships built by Harland and Wolff 2775: 2770: 2758: 2750: 2220: 2175: 2054: 1938: 1224: 1134:. London: Macdonald and Jane's. 881:. Paxman History. Archived from 385:that gave them a range of 5,000 46: 31: 2825:Maritime incidents in July 1945 2471:Decommissioned Destroyer No. 18 398:QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V 520:was deployed as a part of the 423:The ship was laid down at the 1: 2835:Minesweepers sunk by aircraft 2830:Ships sunk by kamikaze attack 403:and four twin-gun mounts for 300:in waters close to Thailand. 371:Admiralty three-drum boilers 157:, and was then tended to by 2047:Post-World War II operators 803:"Saundersfoot War Memorial" 459:, which was working in the 222:16.5 knots (30.6 km/h) 2851: 961:Mason, Geoffrey B., LCDR. 463:. This was with the ships 198:35.5 ft (10.8 m) 18: 2745: 2041: 762:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 165: 39: 30: 965:. Naval History Homepage 1130:Elliott, Peter (1977). 1109:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 778:"HMS Vestal (FL 21022)" 672:McCluskie, Tom (2013). 396:class was armed with a 190:255 ft (78 m) 166:General characteristics 2815:Ships built in Belfast 330:Design and description 253:ASW (Ă— 4 DCT, 2 Ă— DCR) 2395:Francis Preston Blair 1031:traffordwardead.co.uk 509:-class minesweepers. 405:Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 837:. thaiwreckdiver.com 720:"HMS Vestal (J-215)" 505:, all of which were 2724:Howard M. Hanna Jr. 1946:Royal Canadian Navy 1216:-class minesweepers 1062: /  782:Imperial War Museum 742:"HMS Vestal (J215)" 700:. World Naval Ships 626:currently lies off 564:, and taken to the 2228:South African Navy 2071:Adrien de Gerlache 650:. 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Index

HMS Vestal

Harland and Wolff
Belfast
Pennant number
kamikaze
scuttled
Aeneas
Vesta
Algerine-class
minesweeper
QF 4 in (102 mm) Mk V anti-aircraft gun
20 mm
turbine-powered
Algerine-class
minesweeper
Royal Navy
Pacific War
Empire of Japan
kamikaze
scuttled
Second World War
Operation Livery
DSC
Paxman
standard
deep load
long overall
beam
draught

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