HMS Vimy

As HMS Vancouver
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vancouver
Builder	William Beardmore and Company
Launched	28 December 1917
Renamed	HMS Vimy in April 1928
Decommissioned	March 1947
Honours and awards	Dunkirk 1940 Arctic 1944-5
Fate	Sold for scrap December 1947
General characteristics (see below)
Class and type	V-class destroyer
Armament	4 QF 4-inch (102-mm) Mk.V L/45 guns, mount P Mk.I 1 QF 3-inch (76-mm) 20 cwt Mk.I anti-aircraft gun, mount HA Mk.II 4 (2x2) tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes

HMS Vancouver was a British V-class destroyer. She was launched on 28 December 1917; in July 1922 she accidentally rammed the submarine H24. She was renamed HMS Vimy in April 1928. She served with distinction during World War II, earning two battle honours and damaging or sinking three enemy submarines. The Royal Navy retired her in 1945 and she was scrapped in 1948.