HMS Vigo

HMS Vigo

Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS "Vigo", after the Battle of Vigo Bay.

* The first "Vigo", the former HMS "Dartmouth" 1693, captured 1695, retaken 1702, renamed "Vigo", lost off the Dutch coast 1703.

* The second "Vigo" was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1810, a receiving ship from 1827, and broken up in 1865.

* The third was the former HMS "Agincourt" 1817, renamed "Vigo", 1865, whilst in harbour service; sold 1884.

* A W class destroyer to be named "Vigo" was under construction by John Brown & Company, but cancelled in December 1918.

* The fourth "Vigo" (D31) was a destroyer launched in 1945 and broken up 1964.


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