---- united kingdom ---- Aircraft Carrier ............ Audacious class Aircraft Carrier ............ Centaur class Aircraft Carrier ............ Colossus class Aircraft Carrier ............ Courageous class Aircraft Carrier ............ Illustrious class Aircraft Carrier ............ Implacable class Aircraft Carrier ............ Improved Centaur class Aircraft Carrier ............ Majestic class Aircraft Carrier ............ Modified Centaur class Aircraft Carrier ............ Nairana class Aircraft Carrier V STOL ............ Invincible class Aircraft Carrier V STOL ............ Queen Elizabeth class Helicopter Carrier ............ Argus class Helicopter Carrier ............ Engadine class Helicopter Carrier ............ Lofoten class Helicopter Carrier ............ Tiger conversion class Cruiser ............ Crown Colony class Cruiser ............ Fiji class Cruiser ............ Tiger class Guided-Missile Destroyer ............ County class Guided-Missile Destroyer ............ Type 42 (Batch 1 and 2) class Guided-Missile Destroyer ............ Type 42 (Batch 3) Guided-Missile Destroyer ............ Type 45 Daring class Guided-Missile Destroyer ............ Type 82 Bristol class Destroyer ............ Daring class Destroyer ............ Later Battle class Frigate ............ Broad Beam Leander class Frigate ............ Exocet Leander class Frigate ............ Ikara Leander class Frigate ............ Leander (mod) class Frigate ............ Leander class Frigate ............ River (RN Group II) class Frigate ............ Seawolf Leander class Frigate ............ Towed Array Exocet Leander class Frigate ............ Type 12 Rothesay class Frigate ............ Type 15 class Frigate ............ Type 21 Amazon class Frigate ............ Type 22 (Batch 1) Broadsword class Frigate ............ Type 22 (Batch 2) Boxer class Frigate ............ Type 22 (Batch 3) Cornwall class Frigate ............ Type 23 Duke class Frigate ............ Type 26 class Frigate ............ Type 61 Salisbury class Frigate ............ Type 81 Tribal class Corvette ............ Castle class patrol vessel Corvette ............ Modified River class Corvette ............ Port of Spain class Corvette ............ River (Batch 2) class Corvette ............ River class Corvette ............ Triton class Assault Carrier ............ Ocean class Landing Ship/Platform Dock ............ Albion class Landing Ship/Platform Dock ............ Bay class Landing Ship/Platform Dock ............ Fearless class Landing Ship/Platform Dock ............ LST(3) class Landing Ship/Platform Dock ............ Round Table class Support Ship ............ Abdiel class Support Ship ............ Challenger class Support Ship ............ Early Tide class Support Ship ............ Echo class Support Ship ............ Endurance (1967) Support Ship ............ Fort I class (1978) Support Ship ............ Fort II class (1992) Support Ship ............ Galatea class Support Ship ............ Hecla class Support Ship ............ Improved Tide class Support Ship ............ Ness class Support Ship ............ OL class Support Ship ............ Patricia class Support Ship ............ Point class Support Ship ............ Protector (2011) class Support Ship ............ Protector class Support Ship ............ Regent class Support Ship ............ Retainer class Support Ship ............ Rover class Support Ship ............ RRS Ernest Shackleton Support Ship ............ RRS Sir David Attenborough Support Ship ............ Scott class Support Ship ............ Somersby class Support Ship ............ Tide class Support Ship ............ Triumph class Support Ship ............ Vidal class Support Ship ............ Wave class Icebreakers ............ Polar Circle class ------------- Also used ------------- CA ... Support Ship ........... Canadian Fort class SE ... Support Ship ........... Diligence class RO ... Support Ship ........... MRSO (1) class PL ... Support Ship ........... Reliant class (1983) --More-- ---- Vidal class ---- Royal Navy ----- A200 HMS Vidal --More--
1954 to 1972 A200 HMS Vidal
IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: VI Call Sign: MNMB Shipyard: HMD Chatham
---Filter--- Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Fate: scrapped Port Visit Deployment Aircraft 1950-jul-05 Laid down Laid down 1951-jul-31 Launched Launched Last survey ship built at HMD Chatham 1954 Commissioned Commissioned 1954-jul-10 Deployment Deployment Kingston Bay while operating in Kingston Bay, Jamaica , Vidal Flt Hiller HTE.1 XB520 settled gently into the water and sank. Airframe recovered but was w/o. 1954-aug Aircraft Aircraft Ships Flight replaced with Hiller HTE.1 XB516 , until c Oct 1957 1954-oct-12 Deployment Deployment Port au Prince humanitarian support to Haiti, after the western part of the island was hit by Hurricane Hazel on 11 Oct. 1955-sep-18 Deployment Deployment Rockall To uninhabited North Atlantic island of Rockall to raise a Union Flag. Temp assigned Dragonfly HR.1 VZ965 as Ships Flt for the duty. 1957-oct-31 Aircraft Aircraft Ships Flt (then with Dragonfly) administered by 701 Squadron . 1958-feb Aircraft Aircraft assigned 701 Sq V Flt Dragonfly HR.5 WP501 as /705 by Feb 1958, until 9 Dec 1959. 1959-dec-09 Aircraft Aircraft Davis Strait assigned 701 Sq V Flt Dragonfly WP501 /705 ditched on take-off and sank 9 Dec 1959 in Davis Strait, 60nm W of Greenland 1960-feb Aircraft Aircraft Dragonfly WH991 allocated as 701 Sq V Flt in Feb 1960 but damaged on 9 Mar during transportation to ship, in Trinidad. 1961-aug-14 Aircraft Aircraft 701 V Flight reformed with Dragonfly WG671 /969. With a short gap between May and Sep 1963, the Flt remained in commission with Dragonfly until Jul 1965 1961-nov Deployment Deployment to British Honduras for post-Hurricane humanitarian support, with HMS Londonderry and HMS Troubridge. 1963 Deployment Deployment took part in Operation Navado . 1964-sep Port Visit Port Visit visited Leningrad, for meeting between UK and USSR Chief Hydrographers. 1966-may-22 Hong Kong Fair in mid Atlantic 1968-jan-01 Aircraft Aircraft 829 Sq Vidal Flt reformed (with Wasp ex Hecla Flt) XT429 /408-VI, until Mar 1970. 1968-dec Deployment Deployment Scheduled visit to Basra for Christmas met with uncooperative Iraqi forces. Rapid departure almost led to an International Incident . 1970-apr-17 Deployment Deployment Apollo 13 splashdown secondary Apollo XIII splashdown recovery to waters off Mauritius as standby for secondary splashdown site for Apollo XIII recovery 1971-aug Decommissioned Decommissioned Paid off Aug 1971, laid up Aug 1972 1976-jun Fate: scrapped Fate: scrapped at Bruges
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Kingston Bay Jamaica while operating in Kingston Bay, Jamaica, Vidal Flt Hiller HTE.1 XB520 settled gently into the water and sank. Airframe recovered but was w/o.
Port au Prince humanitarian support to Haiti, after the western part of the island was hit by Hurricane Hazel on 11 Oct.
Davis Strait Accident assigned 701 Sq V Flt Dragonfly WP501/705 ditched on take-off and sank 9 Dec 1959 in Davis Strait, 60nm W of Greenland
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