HMS Vansittart

	HMS Vansittart
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vansittart
Ordered	January 1918
Builder	William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir
Laid down	1 January 1918
Launched	17 April 1919
Commissioned	5 November 1919
Identification	Pennant numbers D64 and I64
Motto	Grata quies si merita: 'Rest is pleasant if deserved'
Honours and; awards	Atlantic 1939-45; Norway 1940; Malta Convoys 1942; North Africa 1942;
Fate	Sold for scrap on 25 February 1946
Badge	On a Field Gold, a Demi-eagle Black.
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty modified W-class destroyer
Displacement	1,140 tons standard, 1,550 tons full
Length	300 ft o/a, 312 ft p/p
Beam	30 ft
Draught	10 ft 11 in
Propulsion	3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers, Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Speed	34 kn; Reduced to 25 kn 1943;
Range	320-370 tons oil; 3,500 nmi at 15 kn; 900 nmi at 32 kn;
Complement	134
Sensors &; processing systems	Type 271 surface warning Radar fitted 1942
Armament	As built 1920:; 4 × BL 4.7 in (120-mm) Mk.I guns mount P Mk.I; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39); 6 × 21-inch Torpedo Tubes; 1943 LRE conversion:; 3 × BL 4.7 in (120mm) Mk.I L/45 guns; 1 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39); 2 × 20mm Oerlikon cannons; 3 × 21-inch Torpedo Tubes (one triple mount); 2 × depth charge racks; Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar;
Service record
Operations	Second World War
Victories	U-102

HMS Vansittart was an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was ordered in January 1918 from William Beardmore & Company with the 13th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Program of 1918–19. She was the second Royal Navy ship to carry the name which was first used in 1821 for a hired packet.