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HMS Vivien (L 33)

Destroyer of the Admiralty V & W class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralty V & W 
PennantL 33 
Built byYarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid downJul, 1916 
Launched16 Feb, 1918 
Commissioned28 May, 1918 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryReconstruction to Fast Escort completed on 25 October 1939.

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 18 February 1947.

Commanding Officers:
HMS Vivien was in Dockyard control during reconstruction / refit

Lt.Cdr. William David Gordon Weir, RN
19 September 1939 – 6 July 1940

Lt.Cdr. Stephen Halden Beattie, RN
6 July 1940 – 9 January 1942

Lt.Cdr. Rowland Francis Leonard, RN
9 January 1942 – 12 March 1943

Lt. Lesley Edney Blackmore, RN
12 March 1943 – 3 February 1945

T/A/Lt.Cdr. S.A. Booker, RNVR
3 February 1945 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy List

HMS Vivien is not listed in the October 1945 Navy List 

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