| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty V & W |
| Pennant | H 33 |
| Built by | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 20 Sep 1916 |
| Launched | 14 Jun 1917 |
| Commissioned | 15 Aug 1917 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Reconstruction to Long Range Escort finished in December 1943. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 26 July 1945. Commanding Officers: A/Cdr. Charles Fraser Harrington Churchill, RN HMS Vanoc was in Dockyard Control during conversion / refit Lt.Cdr. Peter Ronald Ward, RN HMS Vanoc is not listed in the April 1945 Navy list |
Commands listed for HMS Vanoc (H 33)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. James Godfrey Wood Deneys, RN | 9 Feb 1939 | 15 Dec 1941 | |
| 2 | A/Cdr. Charles Fraser Harrington Churchill, RN | 15 Dec 1941 | ||
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Peter Ronald Ward, RN | Sep 1943 | Jan 1945 ? | |
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Noteable events involving Vanoc include:
4 Aug 1940
HMS Vanoc (Lt.Cdr. J.G.W. Deneys, RN) picks up 37 survivors from the British merchant Gogovale and 34 survivors from the British merchant King Alfred that were torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-52 about 300 nautical miles west-north-west of Bloody Foreland in position 56º59'N, 17º38'W.
17 Mar 1941
The German submarine U-100 was sunk at 0318hrs on 17 March 1941 south-east of Iceland, in approximate position 61N, 12W, after being rammed and depth charged by the British destroyers HMS Walker (Cdr. D.G.F.W. MacIntyre, RN) and HMS Vanoc (Lt.Cdr. J.G.W. Deneys, RN).
27 Jul 1941
HMS Vanoc (Lt.Cdr. J.G.W. Deneys, DSO, RN) picks up 6 survivors from the British merchant Hawkinge that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-203 about 800 nautical miles south-west of Fastnet in position 44º55'N, 17º44'W.
28 Aug 1941
HMS Vanoc (Lt.Cdr. J.G.W. Deneys, DSO, RN) picks up 58 survivors from the British merchant Otaio that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-558 about 330 nautical miles west by north of Fastnet Rock in position 52º16'N, 17º50'W.
16 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-392 was sunk in the Straits of Gibraltar, in position 35º55'N, 05º41'W, by depth charges from the British frigate HMS Affleck (A/Cdr. C. Gwinner, DSO, DSC, RN (retired)), the British destroyer HMS Vanoc (Lt.Cdr. P.R. Ward, RN) and depth charges from 3 US Catalina aircraft (VP 63). (see map)
21 Jan 1945
HMS Vanoc was heavily damaged when she rammed and sank the British minesweeping trawler HMS Computator off Normandy, France.