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Viva II 1941

Ships


Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, t Armament Fate
St. Modwen (ex-Jeanette) 4.1911 // 9.1939 John Brown, Clydebank 1023 72.8(pp)x9.5x   2VTE 2 - 76/40 returned 1945
Sea Belle II, 1942 - Sea Belle (10/1944 - RIN) 13.10.1927 // 9.1939 White, Cowes 1057 71.0(pp)x10.2x   2VTE 2 - 76/40 base ship 1942, RIN A/S yacht 10.1944, returned 5.1946
Surprise (ex-Russian Razsvet) 1896 // 12.1939   1322       3 - 76/40 fire 28.2.1942 (commissioned 9.1918 - 6.1923 at first time)
Troubadour (ex-Warrior, ex-Vanadis, ex-Warrior, ex-Vanadis) 1924 // 6.1940 Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany 1245 63.6(pp)x10.6x   2diesels 2 - 76/40 accommodation ship 1942


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Name Launched // Comm. Builder Tonnage, BRT Dimensions, m Speed, kts Machinery, Fuel, t Armament Fate St. Modwen (ex-Jeanette) 4.1911 // 9.1939 John Brown, Clydebank 1023 72.8(pp)x9.5x   2VTE 2 - 76/40 returned 1945 Sea Belle II, 1942 - Sea Belle (10/1944 - RIN) 13.10.1927 // 9.1939 White, Cowes 1057 71.0(pp)x10.2x   2VTE 2 - 76/40 base ship 1942, RIN A/S yacht 10.1944, returned 5.1946 Surprise (ex-Russian Razsvet) 1896 // 12.1939   1322       3 - 76/40 fire 28.2.1942 (commissioned 9.1918 - 6.1923 at first time) Troubadour (ex-Warrior, ex-Vanadis, ex-Warrior, ex-Vanadis) 1924 // 6.1940 Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany 1245 63.6(pp)x10.6x   2diesels 2 - 76/40 accommodation ship 1942

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<i>Viva II</i> 1941
Viva II 1941


Project history

Private yachts requisitioned by Admiralty.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Format of date including day/month/year means loss of the vessel. Format of date containing month/year means return to owner or conversion to miscellaneous vessel.