HMS Vimiera (1917)

	Vimiera circa 1918
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vimiera
Namesake	Battle of Vimeiro (1808)
Builder	Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear
Laid down	October 1916
Launched	22 June 1917
Completed	19 September 1917
Motto	Sicut clin: ‘Victory as formerly’
Fate	Sank on 9 January 1942 after striking a mine in the Thames estuary, off Warden, Kent.
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty V-class destroyer
Displacement	1,272-1,339 tons
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 3 in (3.4 m) deep
Propulsion	3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers; Brown-Curtis steam turbines; 2 shafts, 27,000 shp;
Speed	34 kn
Range	320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi at 15 kn, 900 nmi at 32 kn
Complement	110
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or;; 1 z QF 12 pdr 20 cwt Mk.I (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II; 4 (2x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes;
Notes	Pennant number: L29

HMS Vimiera was a V-class destroyer ordered as part of the 1917–18 programme.

History
Vimiera circa 1918
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vimiera
Namesake	Battle of Vimeiro (1808)
Builder	Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear
Laid down	October 1916
Launched	22 June 1917
Completed	19 September 1917
Motto	Sicut clin: ‘Victory as formerly’
Fate	Sank on 9 January 1942 after striking a mine in the Thames estuary, off Warden, Kent.
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty V-class destroyer
Displacement	1,272-1,339 tons
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 3 in (3.4 m) deep
Propulsion	3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers Brown-Curtis steam turbines 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Speed	34 kn
Range	320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi at 15 kn, 900 nmi at 32 kn
Complement	110
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or; 1 z QF 12 pdr 20 cwt Mk.I (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II 4 (2x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes
Notes	Pennant number: L29