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D.68 Vampire
Royal Australian Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| V&W class | 1916/10/10 J. Samuel White & Co Ltd, Cowes | 1917/05/21 | 1917/09/22 | 1942/04/09
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/08 | Z | Singapore - sail to Kuantan | |||
| 41/12/1? | 42/01 | escort Malayan incoming and outcoming convoys, screen minelaying operations in South China Sea | 108 | ||
| 41/12/10 | Z | xKuanta - rescued 225 Prince of Wales and Repulse survivors | 108 | ||
| 42/01 | 42/01/2? | escort convoys in Singapore and Batavia areas | 108 | ||
| 42/01/26 | departed Singapore (with Thanet) to attack APs reported off Endau | 108 | |||
| 42/01/27 | gunnery duel with DesRon3 off Endau | ||||
| 42/01/28 | 42/01/30 | escort convoy from Singapore towards Sunda Strait | 108 | ||
| 42/01/30 | relieved from escort, sail to Batavia | 108 | |||
| 42/02/01 | 42/02/03 | escort US APs Westpoint and Manhattan from Batavia to Sunda Strait, then sail back | 108 | ||
| 42/02/05 | 42/02/11 | escort 2 merchants from Batavia to Colombo, Ceylon | 108 | ||
| 42/02/10 | 42/03 | escort duty, screen Hermes | 108 | ||
| 42/02/11 | 42/04/09 | EastFlt/ForceB | 108 | ||
| 42/03/28 | 42/04/02 | EastFlt/ForceB | S of Ceylon | 108 | |
| 42/04/02 | 42/04/0? | EastFlt/ForceB | sail to Trincomalee | 108 | |
| 42/04/08 | 42/04/09 | EastFlt/ForceB | out of Trincomalee - screen Hermes | 108 | |
| 42/04/09 | EastFlt/ForceB | sunk(StrFor1) E of Ceylon - 9 KIA (incl. CO) | 108 | ||