HMS Vivacious (D36)

HMS Vivacious during World War II
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Vivacious
Namesakevivacious
Ordered30 June 1916
BuilderYarrows, Glasgow
Laid downJuly 1916
Launched3 November 1917
CompletedDecember 1917
Commissioned29 December 1917
Decommissionedmid-1930s
RecommissionedAugust 1939
Decommissionedsummer 1945
MottoSursum caudus ("Tails up")
Honours &
awards
Fate
  • Sold for scrapping 7 May 1947
  • Scrapping began 10 September 1948
BadgeA gold squirrel on a green field
General characteristics
Class & typeAdmiralty V-class destroyer
Displacement1,272–1,339 tons
Length300 ft (91.4 m) o/a, 312 ft (95.1 m) p/p
Beam26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught9 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
Speed34 kt
Range320–370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi at 15 kt, 900 nmi at 32 kt
Complement110
Armament
NotesPennant number: D36

HMS Vivacious (D36) was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War I and World War II.

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