HMS Vanity (D28)
Vanity in October 1941 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Vanity |
| Ordered | 30 June 1916 |
| Builder | William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir |
| Laid down | 28 July 1917 |
| Launched | 3 May 1918 |
| Commissioned | 21 June 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 1930s |
| Identification |
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| Recommissioned | August 1939 |
| Decommissioned | 1945 |
| Motto | Vanitas vanitatum ("Vanity of Vanities") |
| Fate |
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| Badge | A gold, blue, and green peacock's feather on a black field |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Admiralty V-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,100 long tons (1,100 t) (light) |
| Length | 312 ft (95.1 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 26 ft 9 in (8.2 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 steam turbines |
| Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 110 |
| Armament |
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The second HMS Vanity was a V-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during World War I that saw service in World War II.