HMAS Vampire
Career (Australia)
Name:	HMAS Vampire
Builder:	J. Samuel White & Co Ltd
Laid down:	10 October 1916
Launched:	21 May 1917
Commissioned:	22 September 1917
Recommissioned:	11 May 1938
Fate:	Sunk on 9 April 1942
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,090 tons
Tons burthen:	1,470 tons
Length:	312 ft 1 in (95. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1 m)
Beam:	29 ft 7 in (9. 0 m)
Draught:	9 ft 8 in (2. 9 m)
Propulsion:	Brown-Curtis turbines, twin screws, generating 27,000 hp
Speed:	34 knots
Range:	3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 15 knots
Complement:	130
Armament:	4 × 4-inch guns 1 × 2-pounder gun 1 × Vickers . 303 gun 4 × Lewis . 303 guns 6 × 21-inch torpedo tubes (triple mount) 50 depth charges 1 × 12-pounder guns (from April 1941) 2 × 2-pounder guns (from 5 January 1942)

HMAS Vampire (D68/I68) was a V-class destroyer of the British and Royal Australian navies. History The V and W class were the ultimate evolution of British destroyer design in World War I embodying the improvements of their predecessors as well as new technological advances In naval terminology a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance Warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, Convoy The Royal Australian Navy ( RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. She was laid down by J. Samuel White and Company, Limited, at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 10 October 1916, launched on 21 May 1917, completed on 22 September 1917 and commissioned into the Royal Navy. Cowes is an English Seaport town on the Isle of Wight, an island south of Southampton. The Isle of Wight is an English Island and county in the English Channel between three and five miles (8 km from the south coast of the Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy at Portsmouth, England, on 11 October 1933 and commissioned as HMAS Vampire. The Royal Australian Navy ( RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. History See also History of Portsmouth There have been settlements in the area since before Roman times mostly being offshoots of Portchester, which Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Vampire departed for Australia on 17 October 1933 and arrived in Sydney on 21 December 1933, paid off into reserve on 31 January 1934 but re-commissioned on 14 July 1936, paid off into reserve on 18 July 1936. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

She was recommissioned on 11 May 1938, and in World War II she was involved in the evacuation of Greece in April 1941. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία

In December 1941, she joined to the British Eastern Fleet at Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The British Eastern Fleet (also known as the East Indies Fleet and the Far East Fleet) was a fleet of the Royal Navy during World War II Colombo ( Sinhala:, ˈkoləmbə Tamil: கொழும்பு is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island In the first week of December, the battlecruiser HMS Repulse started on a trip to Australia with the Vampire and HMS Tenedos, but the force was recalled. Battlecruisers were large Warships in the first half of the 20th century that were first introduced by the British Royal Navy. Service in World War I Repulse first saw action on 17 November 1917 at the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight. HMS Tenedos was an Admiralty 'S' class destroyer Commissioned in 1919 she served throughout the period between the two World Wars. ^[1].

Early in the morning of 8 December (Singapore time), Singapore came under attack by Japanese aircraft. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Singapore For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The battleship HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse, which were in the harbor at the time, shot back with anti-aircraft fire; no planes were shot down, and the ships sustained no damage. A battleship is a large heavily armored Warship with a main battery consisting of the largest Calibre of Guns Battleships were Naming The Admiralty ordered construction of two new ''King George V''-class Battleships on 29 July 1936 (the other became HMS ''King George V'') Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging hostile military Aircraft in defence of ground objectives, ground or naval forces After receiving the reports of the attack on Pearl Harbor and invasions of Siam by the Japanese, Force Z put to sea at 1730 hrs. The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, as it was called by the Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise Military strike conducted by The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj on 8 December. Force Z at this time consisted of the Prince of Wales and Repulse, escorted by the destroyers Vampire, Electra, Express, and Tenedos. Service First Deployment Upon commissioning in 1934 she was attached to the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet, along with the rest of her E-class Service Minelaying Duty On the outbreak of war in September 1939 during the Invasion of Poland, Express was assigned to the 20th (Minelaying ^[2].

At 2055, Admiral Philips cancelled the operation, and ordered the force to return to Singapore. On the way back, they were spotted and reported by the Japanese submarine I-58. I-58 was a Japanese B3 type submarine in World War II She was built in September 7, 1944 at Yokosuka, Japan The next morning, 10 December, they received a report of Japanese landings at Kuantan, and Express was sent to investigate the area, finding nothing. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Kuantan is the state capital of Pahang, the largest state in Peninsular Malaysia. That afternoon, Prince of Wales and Repulse were sunk by 85 Japanese aircraft off Kuantan aircraft from the 22nd Air Flotilla based at Saigon. (For more information, see the Wikipedia article Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse). The Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse was a World War II naval engagement which illustrated the effectiveness of aerial attacks Repulse was sunk by five torpedoes in 20 minutes, and Electra and Vampire moved in to rescue survivors of Repulse, while Express rescued survivors of the Prince of Wales. ^[3].

In the Indian Ocean raid on 9 April 1942 she was escorting the British aircraft carrier Hermes off Batticaloa in Ceylon when both were attacked by Japanese carrier aircraft at 10:35. The Indian Ocean raid was a naval sortie by the Fast Carrier Strike Force of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 31 March to 10 April 1942 Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Batticaloa (மட்டக்களப்பு in Tamil මඩකළපුව in Sinhala) is the provincial capital of the eastern province of Sri Lanka For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Hermes went down within twenty minutes. Vampire was hit by a bomb which broke her in half, and she sank at 11:05 with the loss of nine of her crew.

References

1. ^  Battleship, Middlebrook & Mahoney, 1979 Page 102.
2. ^  Battleship, Middlebrook & Mahoney, 1979 Pages 99 to 113.
3. ^  Battleship, Middlebrook & Mahoney, 1979 Pages 145 to 267.

• Martin Middlebrook and Patrick Mahoney, Battleship: The Sinking of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse, (Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1979). Martin Middlebrook (born Boston Lincolnshire, 1932 is a British Military historian and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society Contains details of the attack and damage sustained, and tables of survivors and losses.
• Richard Hough, The Hunting of Force Z: the brief, controversial life of the modern battleship and its tragic close with the destruction of the "Prince of Wales" and "Repulse".
• Alan Matthews, Sailors' Tales: Life Onboard HMS Repulse During World War Two ISBN 0-9531217-0-4

External links

• SeaPower Centre - Australia. HMAS Vampire ship's history