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Vigorous (P 74)

Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: V2
Fate: Sold for scrapping on 23rd December 1949.
Vigorous (P 74)
Vigorous (P 74)

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Commanders
1943: Lieutenant   John Chaloner Ogle DSC
1945: Lieutenant   David Sivewright Brown (RNVR)

Events

 14-02-1942   Laid Down
 15-10-1943   Launched
 13-01-1944   Completed
 27-07-1944   HMS Vigorous sinks the Greek sailing vessel Doxa with gunfire 18 miles south of Milos Island, Greece.
 03-09-1944   HMS Vigorous claims the sinking of two sailing vessels off Paximadia Island, Greece.
 24-09-1944   HMS Vigorous claims the sinking of a sailing vessel south-east of Cape Drepano, Sithonia Peninsula, Greece.
 27-09-1944   HMS Vigorous torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Salomea and the German ferry SF 121 off Kassandra, Greece.
 16-06-1945   HMS Vigorous damages a Japanese coaster with gunfire north of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
 23-12-1949   Sold for scrapping.
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