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 and; 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 and 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.

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