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(I32)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/HMS_Versatile_FL20982.jpg/300px-HMS_Versatile_FL20982.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/HMS_Versatile_FL20982.jpg/450px-HMS_Versatile_FL20982.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/HMS_Versatile_FL20982.jpg/600px-HMS_Versatile_FL20982.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="636" /></a></span><div>HMS <i>Versatile</i> moored to a <a href="/wiki/Buoy" title="Buoy">buoy</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> sometime after the May 1940 change of her <a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">pennant number</a> to I32.</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">History</th></tr> <tr><th height="30" colspan="2" style="background-color:#B0C4DE;text-align:left;padding-left:2px;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>HMS <i>Versatile</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/versatile" class="extiw" title="wikt:versatile">versatile</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Ordered</td><td>30 June 1916<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Leslie_and_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawthorn Leslie and Company">Hawthorn Leslie and Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyneside" title="Tyneside">Tyneside</a><sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>31 January 1917<sup id="cite_ref-hmscavalier_4-0" class="reference"><a 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style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>October 1936<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Identification</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">Pennant number</a>:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">F29 (1917)<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistorywwi_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistorywwi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">G10<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistorywwi_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistorywwi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">D32 (interwar)<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">I32 (May 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Recommissioned</td><td>1939<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>summer 1945<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Motto</td><td><i>Omnibus eadem</i> ("The same in all (winds)")<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Honours and<br />awards</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_honour" title="Battle honour">Battle honours</a> for:</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Atlantic 1939–1945</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea 1941–1945</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">Normandy 1944</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel 1944–1945</a><sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold for scrapping 7 May 1947<sup id="cite_ref-scrapping_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scrapping-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Badge</td><td>A gold <a href="/wiki/Weather_vane" title="Weather vane">weather vane</a> on a black field<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">Admiralty V-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>1,272–1,339 tons</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>300 ft (91.4 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_overall" title="Length overall">o/a</a>, 312 ft (95.1 m) <a href="/wiki/Length_between_perpendiculars" title="Length between perpendiculars">p/p</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11 ft 3 in (3.4 m) deep</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">Brown-Curtis steam turbines</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 shafts, 27,000 shp</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>34 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">kt</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>320–370 tons oil, 3,500 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nmi</a> at 15 kt, 900 nmi at 32 kt</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>110</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/QF_4-inch_naval_gun_Mk_V" title="QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V">QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45)</a>, mount P Mk.I</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/QF_2-pounder_naval_gun" title="QF 2-pounder naval gun">QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39)</a> or;</li> <ul style="list-style: none"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 z <a href="/wiki/12-pounder_gun" title="12-pounder gun">QF 12 pdr 20 cwt</a> Mk.I (76 mm), mount HA Mk.II</li> </ul> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 (2x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NMM_by_Richard_Symonds_19.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/NMM_by_Richard_Symonds_19.JPG/200px-NMM_by_Richard_Symonds_19.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/NMM_by_Richard_Symonds_19.JPG/300px-NMM_by_Richard_Symonds_19.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/NMM_by_Richard_Symonds_19.JPG/400px-NMM_by_Richard_Symonds_19.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3888" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Ship<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s crest of HMS <i>Versatile</i>, depicting a gold <a href="/wiki/Weather_vane" title="Weather vane">weather vane</a> on a black field, photographed at the <a href="/wiki/National_Maritime_Museum" title="National Maritime Museum">National Maritime Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greenwich" title="Greenwich">Greenwich</a>, England, on 3 June 2012.</div></figcaption></figure> <p><b>HMS <i>Versatile</i> (D32)</b> was an <a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">Admiralty V-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> of the British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> that saw service in <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a>, and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_commissioning">Construction and commissioning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Construction and commissioning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Versatile</i>, the first Royal Navy ship of the name, was ordered on 30 June 1916<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as part of the 9th Order of the 1916–17 Naval Programme.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was <a href="/wiki/Keel_laying" title="Keel laying">laid down</a> on 31 January 1917<sup id="cite_ref-hmscavalier_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hmscavalier-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Leslie_and_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawthorn Leslie and Company">Hawthorn Leslie and Company</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tyneside" title="Tyneside">Tyneside</a>, England, and <a href="/wiki/Ship_naming_and_launching" class="mw-redirect" title="Ship naming and launching">launched</a> on 31 October 1917. She was completed on 11 February 1918<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">commissioned</a> into service the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her original <a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">pennant number</a>, F29, was later changed to G10<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistorywwi_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistorywwi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and became D32 during the interwar period.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_I">World War I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: World War I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All <a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer" title="V and W-class destroyer">V- and W-class destroyers</a>, <i>Versatile</i> among them, were assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Fleet" title="Grand Fleet">Grand Fleet</a> or <a href="/wiki/Harwich_Force" title="Harwich Force">Harwich Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistorywwi_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistorywwi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Versatile</i> saw service in the last year of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interwar_years">Interwar years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Interwar years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During 1919, <i>Versatile</i> took part in the <a href="/wiki/British_campaign_in_the_Baltic_(1918%E2%80%931919)" title="British campaign in the Baltic (1918–1919)">British campaign</a> against <a href="/wiki/Bolshevik" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolshevik">Bolshevik</a> forces in the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Sea" title="Baltic Sea">Baltic Sea</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Civil_War" title="Russian Civil War">Russian Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sailors of the ship took part in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy_mutiny_of_1919" title="Royal Navy mutiny of 1919">Royal Navy mutiny of 1919</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarew1981112_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarew1981112-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She then served in the <a href="/wiki/1st_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="1st Destroyer Flotilla">1st Destroyer Flotilla</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom)">Atlantic Fleet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 23 March 1922, <i>Versatile</i> was steaming off <a href="/wiki/Europa_Point" title="Europa Point">Europa Point</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar" title="Gibraltar">Gibraltar</a>, at 20 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(speed)" class="mw-redirect" title="Knot (speed)">knots</a> with other destroyers while British <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarines</a> practised attacks on them.<sup id="cite_ref-navynet_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navynet-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The submarine <a href="/wiki/HMS_H42" title="HMS H42"><i>H42</i></a> surfaced unexpectedly only 30<sup id="cite_ref-navynet_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navynet-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or 120<sup id="cite_ref-subassoc_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-subassoc-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> yards (27 or 110 meters) – sources differ – ahead of her. <i>Versatile</i> went to full speed astern on her engines and put her helm over hard to port, but had not yet begun to answer her helm when she rammed <i>H42</i> abaft the <a href="/wiki/Conning_tower" title="Conning tower">conning tower</a>, almost slicing the submarine in half. <i>H42</i> sank with the loss of all hands. An investigation found <i>H42</i> at fault for surfacing where she did against instructions.<sup id="cite_ref-subassoc_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-subassoc-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1931, <i>Versatile</i> joined her flotilla in a three-week cruise to various ports on the Baltic Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 1936, she was <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning" title="Ship commissioning">decommissioned</a>, transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Reserve_Fleet_(United_Kingdom)" title="Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)">Reserve Fleet</a>, and placed in <a href="/wiki/Reserve_fleet" title="Reserve fleet">reserve</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Nore" title="Nore">Nore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With tensions between the United Kingdom and <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> rising, the Royal Navy recommissioned <i>Versatile</i> in 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1939–1940"><span id="1939.E2.80.931940"></span>1939–1940</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1939–1940"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the United Kingdom entered <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> in September 1939, <i>Versatile</i> deployed with the <a href="/wiki/11th_Destroyer_Flotilla" title="11th Destroyer Flotilla">11th Destroyer Flotilla</a> for <a href="/wiki/Convoy" title="Convoy">convoy</a> defence duty in the <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Approaches" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwestern Approaches">Southwestern Approaches</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Ocean" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic Ocean">North Atlantic Ocean</a>, based at <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>. She and the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Vimy" title="HMS Vimy"><i>Vimy</i></a> escorted <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convoy_OB_1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convoy OB 1 (page does not exist)">Convoy OB 1</a> on 8 September 1939, and on 15 September 1939 she, <i>Vimy</i>, and the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Vivacious_(D36)" title="HMS Vivacious (D36)"><i>Vivacious</i></a> escorted <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convoy_OB_5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convoy OB 5 (page does not exist)">Convoy OB 5</a>; both convoys were carrying troops and equipment of the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a> from the United Kingdom to France. On 3 February 1940, she joined the destroyers <a href="/wiki/HMS_Broke_(D83)" title="HMS Broke (D83)"><i>Broke</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Winchelsea_(D46)" title="HMS Winchelsea (D46)"><i>Winchelsea</i></a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sloop-of-war" title="Sloop-of-war">sloop</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Enchantress_(L56)" title="HMS Enchantress (L56)"><i>Enchantress</i></a> as they briefly escorted <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convoy_OG_17F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convoy OG 17F (page does not exist)">Convoy OG 17F</a> during the first hours of its voyage from the United Kingdom to Gibraltar. She performed a similar duty for Gibraltar-bound <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convoy_OG_18F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convoy OG 18F (page does not exist)">Convoy OG 18F</a> on 11 February 1940 with the sloops <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bideford_(L43)" title="HMS Bideford (L43)"><i>Bideford</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Leith_(U36)" title="HMS Leith (U36)"><i>Leith</i></a>. From 12 to 15 February 1940, <i>Versatile</i> joined <i>Enchantress</i>, the sloop <a href="/wiki/HMS_Folkestone_(L22)" title="HMS Folkestone (L22)"><i>Folkestone</i></a>, the <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">minesweeper</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Gossamer_(J63)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Gossamer (J63) (page does not exist)"><i>Gossamer</i></a>, and the submarine <a href="/wiki/HMS_Otway" title="HMS Otway"><i>Otway</i></a> as the escort for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convoy_HG_18F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convoy HG 18F (page does not exist)">Convoy HG 18F</a> during the final leg of its voyage from Gibraltar to <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1940 – the month in which her pennant number was changed to I32 – <i>Versatile</i> was detached from convoy duty after escorting <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convoy_OB_144&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convoy OB 144 (page does not exist)">Convoy OB 144</a> and, after refuelling at <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>, was assigned to operations related to the evacuation of <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> personnel from the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, and France in the face of the successful <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">German offensive</a> there. On 12 May 1940 she ran aground on the Dutch coast but was towed off by the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Walpole" title="HMS Walpole"><i>Walpole</i></a>. Early on 13 May 1940, <i>Versatile</i> arrived off the <a href="/wiki/Hook_of_Holland" title="Hook of Holland">Hook of Holland</a> to take part in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Ordnance&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Ordnance (page does not exist)">Operation Ordnance</a>, the evacuation of Allied personnel from that port. That evening, she was underway in the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a> as an escort for the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hereward_(H93)" title="HMS Hereward (H93)"><i>Hereward</i></a>, upon which <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands" title="Wilhelmina of the Netherlands">Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands</a> was embarked for passage to <a href="/wiki/Breskens" title="Breskens">Breskens</a>, when German aircraft attacked at 20:45 hours. One bomb struck <i>Versatile</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s upper deck, causing her engine room to flood, and splinters from that bomb and several near misses killed nine men, fatally injured another, wounded a third of her crew, and damaged her steam pipe, causing her to go dead in the water. The destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Janus_(F53)" title="HMS Janus (F53)">HMS <i>Janus</i> (F53)</a> towed her to <a href="/wiki/Sheerness" title="Sheerness">Sheerness</a>, England, for repairs.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After completing repairs in June 1940, <i>Versatile</i> was assigned to the 21st Destroyer Flotilla at Sheerness and began convoy duty in the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> and Southwestern Approaches. On 27 June 1940, about 150 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nautical miles</a> (278 km) west of <a href="/wiki/Ushant" title="Ushant">Ushant</a>, France, at <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&params=48_47_00_N_007_59_00_W_&title=13+%22HMS+%27%27Prunella%27%27+survivors+rescued%22"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">48°47′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">007°59′00″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">48.78333°N 7.98333°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">48.78333; -7.98333</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">13 "HMS <i>Prunella</i> survivors rescued"</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>, she rescued 13 of the 40 survivors of the Royal Navy special service vessel <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Prunella_(X02)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Prunella (X02) (page does not exist)"><i>Prunella</i></a>, a submarine decoy vessel or "<a href="/wiki/Q-ship" title="Q-ship">Q-ship</a>" which the German submarine <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-28_(1936)" title="German submarine U-28 (1936)"><i>U-28</i></a> had sunk on 21 June 1940 at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&params=49_20_00_N_008_40_00_W_&title=%22HMS+%27%27Prunella%27%27+%28X02%29+sunk%22"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">49°20′00″N</span> <span class="longitude">008°40′00″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">49.33333°N 8.66667°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">49.33333; -8.66667</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">"HMS <i>Prunella</i> (X02) sunk"</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> with the loss of 56 lives.<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1940, <i>Versatile</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s duties expanded to include anti-invasion patrols as the threat of a German invasion of the United Kingdom grew.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She came under air attack again on 3 July, avoiding damage, and again escaped damage on 10 July when German aircraft attacked a convoy she was escorting in the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a> off <a href="/wiki/Dungeness_(headland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dungeness (headland)">Dungeness</a>, although one ship of the convoy was sunk. She had frequent encounters with German aircraft through August 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 25 August 1940, <i>Versatile</i> and <i>Vimy</i> were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Home Fleet</a> at <a href="/wiki/Scapa_Flow" title="Scapa Flow">Scapa Flow</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Orkney_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Orkney Islands">Orkney Islands</a> and on 31 August 1940 were ordered to raise steam to intercept a German naval force reported to have shelled <a href="/wiki/Eastbourne" title="Eastbourne">Eastbourne</a> on England<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s east coast. In early September <i>Versatile</i> escorted <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convy_BAS_31&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convy BAS 31 (page does not exist)">Convy BAS 31</a> from the <a href="/wiki/River_Clyde" title="River Clyde">River Clyde</a> to <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> and received orders en route to alter course to avoid a reported German invasion force bound for Iceland.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 September 1940, she, <i>Vimy</i>, and the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Jackal_(F22)" title="HMS Jackal (F22)"><i>Jackal</i></a> escorted the auxiliary <a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">minelayers</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Menestheus" title="HMS Menestheus"><i>Menestheus</i></a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Port_Napier_(M32)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Port Napier (M32) (page does not exist)"><i>Port Napier</i></a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Port_Quebec_(M59)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Port Quebec (M59) (page does not exist)"><i>Port Quebec</i></a>, and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Southern_Prince" title="HMS Southern Prince"><i>Southern Prince</i></a> of the 1st Minelaying <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(naval)" title="Squadron (naval)">Squadron</a> as they laid <a href="/wiki/Naval_mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval mines">mines</a> in the Southwestern Approaches in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_SN41&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation SN41 (page does not exist)">Operation SN41</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after which <i>Versatile</i> remained on convoy duty around Scotland for the rest of September. On 30 September, she cooperated with a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Anson</a> aircraft in a search for a German submarine after the <a href="/wiki/Merchant_ship" title="Merchant ship">merchant ship</a> <i>Fort George</i> reported sighting a <a href="/wiki/Periscope" title="Periscope">periscope</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 3 to 5 October 1940, <i>Versatile</i> was part of the escort of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convoy_WS_3A_Slow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convoy WS 3A Slow (page does not exist)">Convoy WS 3A Slow</a> during the portion of its voyage that took place in the Southwestern Approaches,<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> joining the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Harvester_(H19)" title="HMS Harvester (H19)"><i>Harvester</i></a> in screening the <a href="/wiki/Passenger_ship" title="Passenger ship">passenger liner</a> <i>Highland Brigade</i>. During this activity, her <a href="/wiki/Asdic" class="mw-redirect" title="Asdic">Asdic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Degaussing" title="Degaussing">degaussing</a> coil both failed, and the following day she began to experience serious oil leaks into her living spaces. After undergoing temporary repairs at <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a> (also called Londonderry) in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, on 10 October 1940, she proceeded to the <a href="/wiki/River_Tyne" title="River Tyne">River Tyne</a> for a refit and repairs.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1941–1942"><span id="1941.E2.80.931942"></span>1941–1942</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1941–1942"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon completion of her refit, <i>Versatile</i> returned to escort duty in the Southwestern Approaches. Almost all the convoys she escorted came under German air attack. On 27 January 1941, her steering gear failed in the English Channel while she was operating near merchant ships in rough waters and with little manoeuvring room, but she managed to avoid a collision with the ships she was escorting.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1941, <i>Versatile</i> was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Harwich" title="Harwich">Harwich</a> for convoy defence duty in the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>. She was in action along with the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Berkeley_(L17)" title="HMS Berkeley (L17)"><i>Berkeley</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">corvette</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Sheldrake_(L06)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Sheldrake (L06) (page does not exist)"><i>Sheldrake</i></a> with German <a href="/wiki/Motor_torpedo_boat" title="Motor torpedo boat">motor torpedo boats</a> – S-boats, known to the Allies as "<a href="/wiki/E-boat" title="E-boat">E-boats</a>" – in the North Sea off <a href="/wiki/Lowestoft" title="Lowestoft">Lowestoft</a> on 6 March 1941 while escorting <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convoy_FN_26&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convoy FN 26 (page does not exist)">Convoy FN 26</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 13 March 1941, she attacked a submarine contact. She reported on 14 March 1941 that the merchant ship <i>Hereport</i> had struck a mine and sunk, and she rescued 11 survivors and took them to Sheerness; that evening, a German S boat attacked her unsuccessfully. She reported on 16 March that the merchant ship <i>Mexico</i> had struck a mine and sunk, and on 26 March she shot down a German <a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_110" title="Messerschmitt Bf 110">Messerschmitt Bf 110</a> that attacked a convoy she was escorting in the North Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the rest of 1941 and throughout 1942, <i>Versatile</i> escorted convoys in the North Sea, defending them against frequent German air attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_12-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was "adopted" by the civil community of <a href="/wiki/Tipton" title="Tipton">Tipton</a> in Staffordshire in a <a href="/wiki/Warship_Week" title="Warship Week">Warship Week</a> fundraising campaign in February 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 12 February 1942, she was one of the few British warships able to respond to the "<a href="/wiki/Channel_Dash" title="Channel Dash">Channel Dash</a>" of the German <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleships</a> <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst" title="German battleship Scharnhorst"><i>Scharnhorst</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/German_battleship_Gneisenau" title="German battleship Gneisenau"><i>Gneisenau</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">heavy cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen" title="German cruiser Prinz Eugen"><i>Prinz Eugen</i></a> from <a href="/wiki/Brest,_France" title="Brest, France">Brest, France</a>, to Germany via the English Channel, <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Dover" title="Strait of Dover">Strait of Dover</a>, and North Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_12-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1943–1945"><span id="1943.E2.80.931945"></span>1943–1945</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1943–1945"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Near the end of 1942, the Royal Navy selected <i>Versatile</i> for conversion into a <a href="/wiki/V_and_W-class_destroyer#Long-range_escort" title="V and W-class destroyer">long-range escort</a>, and in January 1943 she left her North Sea duties and entered the <a href="/wiki/Shipyard" title="Shipyard">shipyard</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Grangemouth_Dockyard_Company" title="Grangemouth Dockyard Company">Grangemouth Dockyard Company</a> at <a href="/wiki/Grangemouth" title="Grangemouth">Grangemouth</a>, Scotland, for conversion. After its completion and passing her post-conversion <a href="/wiki/Sea_trial" title="Sea trial">sea trials</a>, <i>Versatile</i> was assigned to the 7th Escort Group in September 1943 and began convoy escort duty in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Approaches" title="Western Approaches">Western Approaches</a>. She continued in this role until April 1944, when she was selected for service in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Force_J&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Force J (page does not exist)">Force J</a> in support of the upcoming Allied <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">invasion of Normandy</a>, scheduled for early June 1944. In May 1944 she took part in exercises with Force J in the English Channel to prepare for the invasion.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early June 1944, <i>Versatile</i> deployed in The <a href="/wiki/Solent" class="mw-redirect" title="Solent">Solent</a> with Force J to escort convoys to the invasion beaches, and she and a Royal Navy <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Forces_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy">Coastal Forces</a> motor <a href="/wiki/Launch_(boat)" title="Launch (boat)">launch</a> joined <a href="/w/index.php?title=Convoy_J_14&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Convoy J 14 (page does not exist)">Convoy J 14</a> – consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Infantry_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Infantry landing ship">infantry landing ship</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Royal_Ulsterman_(F63)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="HMS Royal Ulsterman (F63) (page does not exist)"><i>Royal Ulsterman</i></a>, 12 <a href="/wiki/Infantry_landing_craft" class="mw-redirect" title="Infantry landing craft">infantry landing craft</a>, 24 <a href="/wiki/Tank_landing_craft" class="mw-redirect" title="Tank landing craft">tank landing craft</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Antiaircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiaircraft">antiaircraft</a> <a href="/wiki/Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">landing craft</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Landing_Craft_Tank_(Rocket)" title="Landing Craft Tank (Rocket)">rocket tank landing craft</a>, and one <a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> vessel – as its escort on 4 June 1944. The invasion was postponed from 5 to 6 June due to bad weather, but on 5 June Convoy J 14 began its voyage to <a href="/wiki/Juno_Beach" title="Juno Beach">Juno Beach</a>, arriving at its launch point on 6 June 1944 half an hour before the landings. On 7 June, <i>Versatile</i> embarked <a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral_(Royal_Navy)" title="Rear admiral (Royal Navy)">Rear Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Tennant_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="William Tennant (Royal Navy officer)">William G. Tennant</a>, who was in command of the <a href="/wiki/Mulberry_harbour" class="mw-redirect" title="Mulberry harbour">Mulberry harbour</a> operation and of the undersea pipeline effort known as <a href="/wiki/Operation_Pluto" title="Operation Pluto">Operation Pluto</a>, to witness the sinking of <a href="/wiki/Blockship" title="Blockship">blockships</a> off <a href="/wiki/Sword_Beach" title="Sword Beach">Sword Beach</a> to form a Mulberry harbour. On 8 June 1944, she arrived at <a href="/wiki/Portland_Harbour" title="Portland Harbour">Portland</a> to begin the daily escort of the EPL 2 series of <a href="/wiki/Tank_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Tank landing ship">tank landing ship</a> convoys between the United Kingdom and the invasion beaches.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Released from operations related to the invasion in July 1944, <i>Versatile</i> returned to convoy defence and patrol duties, conducting them in the English Channel and Southwestern Approaches until the <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Surrender of Germany">surrender of Germany</a> in early May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decommissioning_and_disposal">Decommissioning and disposal</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Decommissioning and disposal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Versatile</i> was decommissioned soon after Germany<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s surrender,<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> no longer being carried on the Royal Navy<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s active list by July 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-uboatnet_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uboatnet-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1947 she was on the disposal list, and she was sold on 7 May 1947<sup id="cite_ref-scrapping_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-scrapping-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for scrapping by M. Brechin at <a href="/wiki/Granton,_Edinburgh" title="Granton, Edinburgh">Granton</a>, Scotland. She arrived at the shipbreaker<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s yard on 10 September 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar2.htm">Naval History: SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, 1914–1919 – in ALPHABETICAL ORDER (Part 2 of 2)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-20"><sup><i><b>u</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-21"><sup><i><b>v</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-22"><sup><i><b>w</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-23"><sup><i><b>x</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-24"><sup><i><b>y</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-25"><sup><i><b>z</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-26"><sup><i><b>aa</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-27"><sup><i><b>ab</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navalhistory_2-28"><sup><i><b>ac</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-09VW-Versatile.htm">Naval History: HMS VERSATILE (D 32) – V & W-class Destroyer</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-uboatnet-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-uboatnet_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-uboatnet_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-uboatnet_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-uboatnet_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-uboatnet_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-uboatnet_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-uboatnet_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4262.html">uboat.net HMS Versatile (D 32)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-hmscavalier-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-hmscavalier_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-hmscavalier_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hmscavalier.org.uk/book1/188/">hmscavalier.org.uk HMS Versatile (D32)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-scrapping-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-scrapping_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-scrapping_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Scrapping date per Colledge, J.J., <i>Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day</i>, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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According to <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/4262.html">uboat.net HMS Versatile (D 32)</a>, she was sold in June 1948, while <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishShips-Dittmar2.htm">Naval History: SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, 1914–1919 – in ALPHABETICAL ORDER (Part 2 of 2)</a> claims she was sold in August 1948 and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-09VW-Versatile.htm">Naval History: HMS VERSATILE (D 32) – V & W-class Destroyer</a> states she was sold in 1949.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/operationkronsta00harr/page/66">Ferguson, Harry, <i>Operation Kronstadt: The Greatest True Story of Honor, Espionage, and the Rescue of Britain<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Greatest Spy, The Man with a Hundred Faces</i></a>, New York: Overlook Press, 2010, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-46830-314-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-46830-314-8">978-1-46830-314-8</a>, pp. 109, 111.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECarew1981112-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarew1981112_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCarew1981">Carew 1981</a>, p. 112.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-navynet-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-navynet_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navynet_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.navy-net.co.uk/community/threads/remembrance-sunday-h42-is-still-on-patrol.58404/">Navy Net: Remembrance Sunday: H42 is Still On Patrol</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-subassoc-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-subassoc_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-subassoc_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150213054259/http://www.rnsubs.co.uk/Boats/BoatDB2/index.php?BoatID=231">"Submariners Association, Barrow-in-Furness Branch: Boat Database H42"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rnsubs.co.uk/Boats/BoatDB2/index.php?BoatID=231">the original</a> on 13 February 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Submariners+Association%2C+Barrow-in-Furness+Branch%3A+Boat+Database+H42&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rnsubs.co.uk%2FBoats%2FBoatDB2%2Findex.php%3FBoatID%3D231&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Versatile+%28D32%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Richardson, Alexander and Archibald Hurd, eds. <i>Brassey<span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Naval and Shipping Annual 1923</i>, London: William Clowes, 1923, p. 31.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.holywellhousepublishing.co.uk/CGWDonald2.html">holywellhousepublishing.co.uk A HARD FOUGHT SHIP: The story of HMS Venomous: <i>As the clouds gather ...</i></a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bbc-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_12-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_12-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_12-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_12-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_12-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bbc_12-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/28/a2004328.shtml">BBC WW2: People's War</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/373.html">uboat.net Ships Hit By U-boats: HMS Prunella (X 02)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Colledge, J.J., <i>Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day</i>, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-652-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-652-X">0-87021-652-X</a>, p. 366.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_Versatile_(D32)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarew1981" class="citation book cs1">Carew, Anthony (1981). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/lowerdeckofroyal0000care"><i>The Lower Deck of the Royal Navy 1900-39: The Invergordon Mutiny in Perspective</i></a></span>. <a href="/wiki/Manchester_University_Press" title="Manchester University Press">Manchester University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780719008412" title="Special:BookSources/9780719008412"><bdi>9780719008412</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Lower+Deck+of+the+Royal+Navy+1900-39%3A+The+Invergordon+Mutiny+in+Perspective&rft.pub=Manchester+University+Press&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=9780719008412&rft.aulast=Carew&rft.aufirst=Anthony&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Flowerdeckofroyal0000care&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Versatile+%28D32%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCampbell1985" class="citation book cs1">Campbell, John (1985). <i>Naval Weapons of World War II</i>. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-459-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-459-4"><bdi>0-87021-459-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Naval+Weapons+of+World+War+II&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=0-87021-459-4&rft.aulast=Campbell&rft.aufirst=John&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Versatile+%28D32%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChesneau1980" class="citation book cs1">Chesneau, Roger, ed. (1980). <i>Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946</i>. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85177-146-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-85177-146-7"><bdi>0-85177-146-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Conway%27s+All+the+World%27s+Fighting+Ships+1922%E2%80%931946&rft.place=Greenwich%2C+UK&rft.pub=Conway+Maritime+Press&rft.date=1980&rft.isbn=0-85177-146-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Versatile+%28D32%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFColledgeWarlow2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/J._J._Colledge" title="J. J. Colledge">Colledge, J. 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Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-59114-119-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-59114-119-2"><bdi>1-59114-119-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chronology+of+the+War+at+Sea+1939%E2%80%931945%3A+The+Naval+History+of+World+War+Two&rft.place=Annapolis%2C+Maryland&rft.edition=Third+Revised&rft.pub=Naval+Institute+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=1-59114-119-2&rft.aulast=Rohwer&rft.aufirst=J%C3%BCrgen&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+Versatile+%28D32%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhinney2000" class="citation book cs1">Whinney, Bob (2000). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/uboatperilfightf0000whin"><i>The U-boat Peril: A Fight for Survival</i></a></span>. 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href="/wiki/HMS_Valhalla_(1917)" title="HMS Valhalla (1917)"><i>Douglas</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/HMS_Valhalla_(1917)" title="HMS Valhalla (1917)"><i>Valhalla</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Vampire_(D68)" title="HMAS Vampire (D68)"><i>Vampire</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">V class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanoc" title="HMS Vanoc"><i>Vanoc</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vimiera_(1917)" title="HMS Vimiera (1917)"><i>Vimiera</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vehement_(1917)" title="HMS Vehement (1917)"><i>Vehement</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanquisher" title="HMS Vanquisher"><i>Vanquisher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Verdun_(L93)" title="HMS Verdun (L93)"><i>Verdun</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vega_(L41)" title="HMS Vega (L41)"><i>Vega</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Violent_(D57)" title="HMS Violent (D57)"><i>Violent</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Vendetta_(D69)" title="HMAS Vendetta (D69)"><i>Vendetta</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vectis_(D51)" title="HMS Vectis (D51)"><i>Vectis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Venturous_(D87)" title="HMS Venturous (D87)"><i>Venturous</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Verulam_(1917)" title="HMS Verulam (1917)"><i>Verulam</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vortigern_(D37)" title="HMS Vortigern (D37)"><i>Vortigern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Venetia" title="HMS Venetia"><i>Venetia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vittoria_(1917)" title="HMS Vittoria (1917)"><i>Vittoria</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Versatile</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vivacious_(D36)" title="HMS Vivacious (D36)"><i>Vivacious</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Velox_(D34)" title="HMS Velox (D34)"><i>Velox</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vesper" title="HMS Vesper"><i>Vesper</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vimy" title="HMS Vimy"><i>Vancouver</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/HMS_Vimy" title="HMS Vimy"><i>Vimy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vivien_(L33)" title="HMS Vivien (L33)"><i>Vivien</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vidette_(D48)" title="HMS Vidette (D48)"><i>Vidette</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanessa_(D29)" title="HMS Vanessa (D29)"><i>Vanessa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vanity_(D28)" title="HMS Vanity (D28)"><i>Vanity</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Vendetta_(D69)" title="HMAS Vendetta (D69)"><i>Vendetta</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">W class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th id="23x20px&#124;border_&#124;alt=&#124;link=_Royal_Navy" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Completed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Westminster_(L40)" title="HMS Westminster (L40)"><i>Westminster</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wakeful_(H88)" title="HMS Wakeful (H88)"><i>Wakeful</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Watchman_(D26)" title="HMS Watchman (D26)"><i>Watchman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Walker_(D27)" title="HMS Walker (D27)"><i>Walker</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Whirlwind_(D30)" title="HMS Whirlwind (D30)"><i>Whirlwind</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Winchelsea_(D46)" title="HMS Winchelsea (D46)"><i>Winchelsea</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Walrus_(D24)" title="HMS Walrus (D24)"><i>Walrus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Warwick_(D25)" title="HMS Warwick (D25)"><i>Warwick</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Winchester_(L55)" title="HMS Winchester (L55)"><i>Winchester</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Walpole" title="HMS Walpole"><i>Walpole</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Westcott_(D47)" title="HMS Westcott (D47)"><i>Westcott</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wrestler" title="HMS Wrestler"><i>Wrestler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wessex_(D43)" title="HMS Wessex (D43)"><i>Wessex</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wolfhound_(L56)" title="HMS Wolfhound (L56)"><i>Wolfhound</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Waterhen_(D22)" title="HMAS Waterhen (D22)"><i>Waterhen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Whitley_(L23)" title="HMS Whitley (L23)"><i>Whitby</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/HMS_Whitley_(L23)" title="HMS Whitley (L23)"><i>Whitley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Voyager_(D31)" title="HMAS Voyager (D31)"><i>Voyager</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wryneck_(D21)" title="HMS Wryneck (D21)"><i>Wryneck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Windsor_(D42)" title="HMS Windsor (D42)"><i>Windsor</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Cancelled</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Wayfarer</i></li> <li><i>Woodpecker</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Voyager_(D31)" title="HMAS Voyager (D31)"><i>Voyager</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Waterhen_(D22)" title="HMAS Waterhen (D22)"><i>Waterhen</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Modified W class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Completed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Venomous" title="HMS Venomous"><i>Venom</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/HMS_Venomous" title="HMS Venomous">HMS <i>Venomous</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Witherington_(D76)" title="HMS Witherington (D76)"><i>Witherington</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Whitshed_(D77)" title="HMS Whitshed (D77)"><i>Whitshed</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Verity_(D63)" title="HMS Verity (D63)"><i>Verity</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wivern_(D66)" title="HMS Wivern (D66)"><i>Wivern</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Vansittart_(D64)" title="HMS Vansittart (D64)"><i>Vansittart</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Volunteer_(D71)" title="HMS Volunteer (D71)"><i>Volunteer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Veteran_(D72)" title="HMS Veteran (D72)"><i>Veteran</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wanderer_(D74)" title="HMS Wanderer (D74)"><i>Wanderer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wild_Swan_(D62)" title="HMS Wild Swan (D62)"><i>Wild Swan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wolverine_(D78)" title="HMS Wolverine (D78)"><i>Wolverine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Whitehall" title="HMS Whitehall"><i>Whitehall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Worcester_(D96)" title="HMS Worcester (D96)"><i>Worcester</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/HMS_Worcester_(D96)" title="HMS Worcester (D96)"><i>Yeoman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wren_(D88)" title="HMS Wren (D88)"><i>Wren</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Cancelled</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>Vantage</i> / <i>Vimy</i></li> <li><i>Vashon</i></li> <li><i>Vengeful</i></li> <li><i>Vigo</i></li> <li><i>Vigorous</i> / <i>Wistful</i></li> <li><i>Virulent</i></li> <li><i>Volage</i></li> <li><i>Volcano</i></li> <li><i>Votary</i></li> <li><i>Wager</i></li> <li><i>Wake</i></li> <li><i>Waldegrave</i></li> <li><i>Walton</i></li> <li><i>Warren</i></li> <li><i>Watson</i></li> <li><i>Wave</i></li> <li><i>Weazel</i></li> <li><i>Welcome</i></li> <li><i>Welfare</i></li> <li><i>Wellesley</i></li> <li><i>Werewolf</i></li> <li><i>Westphal</i></li> <li><i>Westward Ho</i></li> <li><i>Willoughby</i></li> <li><i>Wheeler</i></li> <li><i>Whelp</i></li> <li><i>Whip</i></li> <li><i>Whippet</i></li> <li><i>Whitaker</i></li> <li><i>White Bear</i></li> <li><i>Whitehead</i></li> <li><i>Winter</i></li> <li><i>Wrangler</i></li> <li><i>Wye</i></li> <li><i>Yeoman</i></li> <li><i>Zealous</i></li> <li><i>Zebra</i></li> <li><i>Zodiac</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Thornycroft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">V class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Viceroy_(D91)" title="HMS Viceroy (D91)"><i>Viceroy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Viscount_(D92)" title="HMS Viscount (D92)"><i>Viscount</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">W class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wolsey" title="HMS Wolsey"><i>Wolsey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Woolston_(1918)" title="HMS Woolston (1918)"><i>Woolston</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;">Modified W class</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Wishart" title="HMS Wishart"><i>Wishart</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMS_Witch_(D89)" title="HMS Witch (D89)"><i>Witch</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Preceded by: <a href="/wiki/S-class_destroyer_(1917)" title="S-class destroyer (1917)">S class</a></li> <li>Followed by: <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_type_flotilla_leader" title="Admiralty type flotilla leader"><i>Scott</i> class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_destroyer_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy">List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Shipwrecks_and_maritime_incidents_in_1922" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1922" title="List of shipwrecks in 1922">Shipwrecks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">19 Jan: <a href="/wiki/French_ironclad_Marceau" title="French ironclad Marceau"><i>Marceau</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">January (unknown date): <a href="/wiki/USS_Adder_(SS-3)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Adder (SS-3)">USS <i>A-2</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_B-3" title="USS B-3">USS <i>B-3</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Feb: USAT <a href="/wiki/SS_Northern_Pacific" title="SS Northern Pacific"><i>Northern Pacific</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">18 Feb: <a href="/wiki/Golden_State_(schooner)" title="Golden State (schooner)"><i>Golden State</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Mar: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Laertes_(1913)" title="HMS Laertes 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">23 Mar: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">HMS <i>Versatile</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">29 Mar: <a href="/wiki/RMS_Majestic_(1914)" title="RMS Majestic (1914)"><i>Majestic</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">25 Apr: <a href="/wiki/SS_Stolwijk" title="SS Stolwijk"><i>Stolwijk</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 May: <a href="/wiki/SS_Dongola" title="SS Dongola"><i>Dongola</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 May: <a href="/wiki/MV_Domala" title="MV Domala"><i>Domala</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">27 Jun: <a href="/wiki/French_destroyer_Bouclier" title="French destroyer Bouclier"><i>Bouclier</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/French_battleship_Paris" title="French battleship Paris"><i>Paris</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">3 Jul: <i><a href="/wiki/SS_Empire_Engineer" title="SS Empire Engineer">Canadian Commander</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">8 Jul: <a href="/wiki/SS_Nieuw_Amsterdam_(1905)" title="SS Nieuw Amsterdam (1905)"><i>Nieuw Amsterdam</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">30 Jul: <a href="/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Francesco_Ferruccio" title="Italian cruiser Francesco Ferruccio"><i>Francesco Ferruccio</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">22 Aug: <a href="/wiki/Cymric_(schooner)" title="Cymric (schooner)"><i>Cymric</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">31 Aug: <a href="/wiki/SS_American_Legion" title="SS American Legion"><i>American Legion</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">10 Oct: <a href="/wiki/SS_Swiftstar" title="SS Swiftstar"><i>Swiftstar</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">12 Oct: <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Huron_(ID-1408)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Huron (ID-1408)">City of Honolulu</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">16 Oct: <a href="/wiki/Russian_cruiser_Rossia" title="Russian cruiser Rossia"><i>Rossia</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">23 Oct: <i><a href="/wiki/SM_UB-26" title="SM UB-26">Roland Morillot</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Nov: <a href="/wiki/HMS_Pelican_(1877)" title="HMS Pelican (1877)"><i>Pelican</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">26 Dec: <a href="/wiki/SS_Santa_Rosa_(1916)" title="SS Santa Rosa (1916)"><i>Santa Rosa</i></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1921" title="List of shipwrecks in 1921">1921</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_1921" title="List of shipwrecks in 1921"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/12px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/18px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png 1.5x, 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