HMS Vanity (D28)

Vanity in October 1941
History
United Kingdom
NameVanity
Ordered30 June 1916
BuilderWilliam Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir
Laid down28 July 1917
Launched3 May 1918
Commissioned21 June 1918
Decommissioned1930s
Identification
RecommissionedAugust 1939
Decommissioned1945
MottoVanitas vanitatum ("Vanity of Vanities")
Fate
  • For disposal 1946
  • Sold for scrapping 4 March 1947
BadgeA gold, blue, and green peacock's feather on a black field
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeAdmiralty V-class destroyer
Displacement1,100 long tons (1,100 t) (light)
Length312 ft (95.1 m) (o/a)
Beam26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught10 ft 6 in (3.2 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 steam turbines
Speed34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement110
Armament

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.