HMS Vittoria was a British destroyer of the Admiralty V-class. She was converted to a minelayer.
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| Name | HMS Vittoria |
| Namesake | Battle of Vitoria |
| Builder | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear |
| Launched | 29 October 1917 |
| Fate | Torpedoed in the Gulf of Finland, 31 August 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Admiralty V-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,272–1,339 long tons (1,292–1,360 t) |
| Length | 300 ft (91.4 m) o/a, 312 ft (95.1 m) p/p |
| Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) (standard), 11 ft 2 in (3.4 m) (deep) |
| Installed power | 27,000 shp (20,000 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 34 kn (39 mph; 63 km/h) |
| Range | 3,500 nmi (4,000 mi; 6,500 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h), 900 nmi (1,000 mi; 1,700 km) at 32 kn (37 mph; 59 km/h) |
| Capacity | 320–370 long tons (325–376 t) fuel oil |
| Complement | 110 |
| Armament | 4 × QF 4 in Mk V (102mm L/45), 2 × QF 2-pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or; 1 × QF 12-pdr 20 cwt, 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (2x2) |
During Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War it was torpedoed by the Bolshevik submarine Pantera off the island of Seiskari in the Gulf of Finland on 31 August 1919.[1]
The sunken destroyer was given to the state of Finland on 12 December 1919 together with her sister ship Verulam; however, when salvaging began in 1925, it was found that both ships were broken in two and impossible to repair.
In November 2013, Russian divers rediscovered the wreck at a depth of 30 meters (98 feet), at a location inside what is now Russian territorial waters.[2]
References
edit- ^ А. Рункин. Подвиг "Пантеры". 31 августа 1919 года подводная лодка "Пантера" потопила эсминец интервентов "Виттория". Так был открыт боевой счёт советских подводников // газета «Красная звезда» от 29 августа 1979. стр.4
- ^ Lenta.ru (11 November 2013). "British 'Vittoria' Destroyer sunk by Russians found in the Gulf of Finland". Russia Beyond. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
Bibliography
edit- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Cocker, Maurice (1981). Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893–1981. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1075-7.
- Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-081-8.
- Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.
- Preston, Antony (1971). 'V & W' Class Destroyers 1917–1945. London: Macdonald. OCLC 464542895.
- Raven, Alan & Roberts, John (1979). 'V' and 'W' Class Destroyers. Man o'War. Vol. 2. London: Arms & Armour. ISBN 0-85368-233-X.
External links
edit- Photograph of HMS Vittoria, circa 1918
- Затопленный российской подлодкой британский эсминец нашли на дне Финского залива (in Russian)
60°5′N 28°23′E / 60.083°N 28.383°E
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