Allied Warships

HMS Vanity (L 38)

Destroyer of the Admiralty V & W class

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Admiralty V & W
Pennant	L 38
Mod	Fast escort
Built by	William Beardmore & Co. (Dalmuir, Scotland)
Ordered	30 Jun 1916
Laid down	28 Jul 1917
Launched	3 May 1918
Commissioned	21 Jun 1918
End service
History	Reconstruction to Fast Escort completed on 12 August 1940. Pennant number was D 28 changed to L 38 upon completion of this reconstruction. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 4 March 1947. HMS Vanity is not listed as active unit in the July 1945 Navy List

Commands listed for HMS Vanity (L 38)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Cdr. Herbert James Buchanan, RAN	18 Jun 1940	24 Feb 1941
2	Lt. Isaac William Trant Beloe, RN	24 Feb 1941	17 Jun 1941
3	Lt. William Brabazon Robert Morrison, RN	17 Jun 1941	1 Jun 1943
4	Lt.Cdr. Marcus Henry Reginald Crichton, RN	1 Jun 1943	14 Feb 1944
5	Lt. Douglas Ronald Wheeler, RN	14 Feb 1944	mid 1945

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Notable events involving Vanity include:

19 Jun 1942
HMS Manchester (Capt. H. Drew, DSC, RN), HMS Somali (Capt. J.W.M. Eaton, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Ashanti (Cdr. R.G. Onslow, DSO, RN) and HMS Offa (Lt.Cdr. R.A. Ewing, RN) returned to Scapa Flow escorting HMS Anson (Capt. H.R.G. Kinahan, CBE, RN) after taking over the escort duties from the destroyers Verdun (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Donald, DSC, RN) and HMS Vanity (Lt.Cdr. W.B.R. Morrison, RN). (1)

28 May 1943
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) conducted A/S exercises in the Firth of Forth with HMS Vanity (Lt.Cdr. W.B.R. Morrison, RN) and local defence craft. (2)