HMAS Vendetta (D69)

HMAS Vendetta was a V-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number D69. Her keel was laid at Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company in November 1916. Launched on 3 September 1917, she entered service on 11 October 1933.

30 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Nelson-class battleship and was succeeded by the Lion-class battleship.

Displacement was 1,090 long tons standard and 1,490 long tons at full load. She measured 95.1 m (312 ft) long with a beam of 8.8 m (29 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 119.

Her main battery was four 20 mm (0.8 in) guns.

She served with the Royal Navy as Vendetta. She then passed to the Royal Australian Navy, serving as Vendetta from 11 October 1933. She was in commission for 4,386 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 27 November 1945.

She was scuttled on 2 July 1948. The wreck survives.

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