HMS Vanquisher

	HMS Vanquisher off Portsmouth, England, during World War II.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vanquisher
Namesake	Vanquisher
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	30 June 1916
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down	27 September 1916
Launched	18 or 28 August 1917
Commissioned	2 October 1917
Decommissioned	June 1945
Identification	Pennant number: D54
Motto	Pugna vinco pugno ("I fight, I conquer with my fist")
Honours &; awards	Battle honours for:; Atlantic 1939–1945; Dunkirk 1940; English Channel 1943–1944; Normandy 1944;
Fate	For disposal 1947; Sold for scrapping 4 March or 4 May 1947; Scrapping began October 1948;
Badge	A gold dexter arm with clenched fist on a white field
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty V-class destroyer
Displacement	1,272–1,339 tons
Length	300 ft (91.4 m) o/a, 312 ft (95.1 m) p/p
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11 ft 3 in (3.4 m) deep
Propulsion	3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers; Brown-Curtis steam turbines; 2 shafts, 27,000 shp;
Speed	34 kt
Range	320–370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi at 15 kt, 900 nmi at 32 kt
Complement	110
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I; 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or;; 1 z QF 12 pdr 20 cwt Mk.I (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II; 4 (2x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes;

HMS Vanquisher (D54) was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War I and World War II.

History
HMS Vanquisher off Portsmouth, England, during World War II.
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vanquisher
Namesake	Vanquisher
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	30 June 1916
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank
Laid down	27 September 1916
Launched	18 or 28 August 1917
Commissioned	2 October 1917
Decommissioned	June 1945
Identification	Pennant number: D54
Motto	Pugna vinco pugno ("I fight, I conquer with my fist")
Honours & awards	Battle honours for: Atlantic 1939–1945 Dunkirk 1940 English Channel 1943–1944 Normandy 1944
Fate	For disposal 1947 Sold for scrapping 4 March or 4 May 1947 Scrapping began October 1948
Badge	A gold dexter arm with clenched fist on a white field
General characteristics
Class & type	Admiralty V-class destroyer
Displacement	1,272–1,339 tons
Length	300 ft (91.4 m) o/a, 312 ft (95.1 m) p/p
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11 ft 3 in (3.4 m) deep
Propulsion	3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers Brown-Curtis steam turbines 2 shafts, 27,000 shp
Speed	34 kt
Range	320–370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi at 15 kt, 900 nmi at 32 kt
Complement	110
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or; 1 z QF 12 pdr 20 cwt Mk.I (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II 4 (2x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes