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Vampire (P 72)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: V2
Fate: Scrapped 5th March 1950 at Gateshead.
Vampire (P 72)
Vampire (P 72)

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Commanders
1943: Lieutenant   Charles William Taylor (RNR)

Events

 09-11-1942   Laid Down
 12-12-1942   HMS Vamire was depth charged and sunk by the Italian MTB Fortunale off Naples.
 20-07-1943   Launched
 13-11-1943   Completed
 12-05-1944   HMS Vampire sinks a sailing vessel Monemvassia, Greece through ramming.
 23-06-1944   HMS Vampire sinks the Greek sailing vessel Abba/KA 1610 with gunfire off Kandeliusa Island and three other sailing vessels near Mandraki, Greece.
 19-07-1944   While on patrol off Milos, Greece HMS Vampire fires four torpedoes at the German merchant Pelikan and the German torpedo boat TA 19. All torpedoes miss.
 21-08-1944   HMS Vampire sinks three sailing vessels with gunfire off Mykonos Island, Greece.
 22-09-1944   HMS Vampire torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Peter about 5 nautical miles north of Skiathos Island, Greece.
 23-09-1944   HMS Vampire fires 4 torpedoes against the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2102. All torpedoes miss.
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