| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Escort Carrier |
| Class | Nairana |
| Pennant | D 15 |
| Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 2 Jul 1942 |
| Launched | 4 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 15 Nov 1943 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Aquired March 1942. Ex merchantile Original penant was R 15, then changed to D 15. After V.E. Day she went to the Far East and became known as the "Pacific Bus Service", transporting materiel and personnel to and fro around the oceans and across to Japan. She returned to Rosyth in September 1946, and was sold back to the Port Line, her original owners, and was renamed Port Vindex and ran the Australia refridgerated cargo service until 1971 when she was broken up in Taiwan. Commanding Officers: Cdr. John David Lewis Williams, DSC, RN |
Commands listed for HMS Vindex (D 15)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. Horace Temple Taylor Bayliss, RN | Sep 1943 | 26 Dec 1944 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. John David Lewis Williams, DSC, RN | 26 Dec 1944 | Mar 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Vindex include:
15 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-653 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 53º46'N, 24º35'W, by depth charges from a Swordfish aircraft of the British escort carrier HMS Vindex (Capt. H.T.T. Bayliss, RN), and by depth charges from the British sloops HMS Starling (Capt. F.J. Walker, CB, DSO and 2 Bars, RN) and HMS Wild Goose (Lt.Cdr. D.E.G. Wemyss, DSC and Bar, RN). (see map)
6 May 1944
The German submarine U-765 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 52º30'N, 28º28'W, by depth charges from 2 Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 825) of the British escort carrier HMS Vindex (Capt. H.T.T. Bayliss, RN) and the British frigates HMS Bickerton (Cdr. D.G.F.W. MacIntyre, DSO and 2 Bars, RN), HMS Bligh (A/Lt.Cdr. J.W. Cooper, RNR (retired)) and HMS Aylmer (Lt. A.D.P. Campbell, RN). (see map)
22 Aug 1944
the German submarine U-344 was sunk in the Barents Sea north-west of Bear Island, in position 74º54'N, 15º26'E, by depth charges from a British Swordfish aircraft from the escort carrier HMS Vindex (Sqdn. 825/X). (see map)
2 Sep 1944
The German submarine U-394 was sunk in the Norwegian Sea some nautical miles south-east of Jan Mayen island, Norway, in position 69º47'N, 04º10'E, by rockets and depth charges from a Swordfish aircraft (Sqdn. 825) from the British escort carrier HMS Vindex (Capt. H.T.T. Bayliss, RN), and the British destroyers HMS Keppel (Cdr. I.J. Tyson, DSO, DSC, RNR) and HMS Whitehall (Lt.Cdr. P.J. Cowell, DSC, RN) and the British sloops HMS Mermaid (Lt.Cdr. J.P. Mosse, RN) and HMS Peacock (Lt.Cdr. R.B. Stannard, VC, DSO, RNR). (see map)