-
Vimiera, an
alternative spelling of
Vimeiro in Portugal, site of the
Battle of Vimeiro. A
third ship was planned, but was
later renamed: HMS
Vimiera (1808)...
- HMS
Vimiera was a V-class
destroyer ordered as part of the 1917–18 programme. One of her
early missions was a trip to Reval,
conveying Leonid Krasin and...
-
Redinha Sabugal FuentesDeOñoro In the
Battle of
Vimeiro (sometimes
shown as "
Vimiera" or "Vimeira" in
contemporary British texts) on 21
August 1808, the British...
- HMS
Vimiera was
launched in 1805 at
Havre as the
French Navy brig
Pylade (or Pilade). The
Royal Navy
captured her in 1808 and
commissioned her. She parti****ted...
- On 24 May 1940
Burza was
ordered to join the
Royal Navy
destroyers HMS
Vimiera and Wes**** and s****
German positions that were
besieging Calais, providing...
- May 1940,
Ridley returned to
Britain on the
overcrowded destroyer HMS
Vimiera,
which was the last
British ship to
escape from the
harbour during the...
- HMS Grenville HMS Ulster HMS Vigilant HMS Virago V-class
destroyers HMS
Vimiera HMS Violent HMS Vittoria W-class
destroyers HMS Whirlwind HMS Wrestler...
- was replaced. Vanquisher, Vanoc, Velox, Vehement, Venturous, Versatile,
Vimiera,
Vittoria and
Vortigern were
built with the
ability to be
converted into...
-
Trincomalee (from John Brown);
Waterloo and
Ypres (from Fairfield); and
Vimiera (from
Cammell Laird). The last two were the
extended design and
would eventually...
- in 1948. HMS
Danae was to have been a Battle-class
destroyer named HMS
Vimiera. She was
later reordered as a Daring-class destroyer, but was cancelled...
