Virtue (P 75)
| Built By: | Vickers (Barrow) |
| Build Group: | V2 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in May 1946 at Cochin. |
Virute alongside at HMAS Magnetic, Townsville, Queensland
Commanders
| 1943: | Lieutenant | Rudland Dallas Cairns | DSC |
| 1945: | Acting Lieutenant Commander | Iwan Geoffrey Raikes | DSC |
Events
| 17-02-1943 | Laid Down |
| 29-11-1943 | Launched |
| 29-02-1944 | Completed |
| 26-07-1944 | HMS Virtue fires four torpedoes at the German sailing vessel Doxa off Suda Bay, Crete. All torpedoes miss. |
| 29-07-1944 | HMS Virtue attacks a German sailing vessel with torpedoes and gunfire 13 nautical miles south-south-west of Milos but the vessel escapes. |
| 30-07-1944 | HMS Virtue fires a torpedo against the small German merchant Dresden of Ananes Island, Greece. The torpedo misses. |
| 16-08-1944 | HMS Virtue sinks three sailing vessels with gunfire and ramming nine miles south of Milos, Greece. |
| 19-08-1944 | HMS Virtue sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire south of Milos Island, Greece. |
| 21-08-1944 | HMS Virtue sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire off Cape Spatha, Crete, Greece. |
| 12-09-1944 | HMS Virtue fires three torpedoes against an auxiliary patrol vessel north-west of Psathoura Island, Greece. The torpedoes miss. |
| 13-09-1944 | HMS Virtue fires three torpedoes against the German auxiliary netlayer Pir'us in the Skiathos Channel, Greece. All torpedoes miss. |
| 09-10-1944 | HMS Virtue sinks the Greek sailing vessel Aghios Matthaios with gunfire west of Cape Stavros, Crete. |
| 10-10-1944 | While operating off Crete HMS Virtue sinks the Greek sailing vessels Sophia and Aghia Anna with gunfire. |
| 11-10-1944 | HMS Virtue sinks a watercarrier and two smaller vessels with gunfire off Cape Dhia, Crete, Greece. |
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