List of ships of the Second World War (V)

This is a list of ships of the Second World War starting with V. ^[1][2][3][4] Submarines show submerged displacement. Dates are year_month_day to allow ordering. Click on headers to sort column alphabetically.

Ship	Country	Class	Type	Displacement (tons)	First commissioned	Fate
Väinämöinen	Finland	coastal defence ship		3,900	29 April 1932	to Soviet Union 29 May 1947, renamed Vyborg, scrapped ca. 1968
Valiant	Royal Navy	Queen Elizabeth	battleship	31,000	13 January 1916	scrapped 1950
Valleyfield	Royal Canadian Navy	River	frigate	1,445	7 December 1943	paid off 7 May 1944
Van Galen	Netherlands	N	destroyer	1,680	20 February 1929	Sunk 10 May 1940
Van Ghent	Netherlands	N	destroyer	1,680	31 May 1928	Ran aground and was scuttled 15 February 1942
Vancouver	Royal Canadian Navy	Flower	corvette	925	20 March 1942	paid off 26 June 1945
Vasilefs Georgios	Hellenic Navy Kriegsmarine	G	destroyer	1,350	15 February 1939	captured, became ZG3 Hermes (Germany) 21 March 1942, scuttled 7 May 1943
Vasilissa Olga	Hellenic Navy	G	destroyer	1,350	February 1939	sunk 26 September 1943
Veinticinco de Mayo	Argentina	Veinticinco de Mayo-class cruiser		6,800	18 July 1931	scrapped 1962
Venerable	Royal Navy	Collossus	aircraft carrier	13,200	17 January 1945	paid off April 1947
Vengeance	Royal Navy	Collossus	aircraft carrier	13,200	15 January 1945	paid off 1952
Venus	Royal Navy	V	destroyer	1,710	28 August 1943	scrapped 1972
Verbena	Royal Navy	Flower	corvette	925	19 December 1940
Veronica	Royal Navy United States Navy	Flower	corvette	925	18 February 1941	to USA as Temptress 16 February 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Verulam	Royal Navy	V	destroyer	1,710	10 December 1943	scrapped 1972
Vervain	Royal Navy	Flower	corvette	925	9 June 1941	20 February 1945
Vetch	Royal Navy	Flower	corvette	925	11 August 1941
Vicksburg	USA	Cleveland-class light cruiser		11,800	12 June 1944	scrapped 1964
Victoriaville	Royal Canadian Navy	River	frigate	1,445	11 November 1944	paid off 31 December 1973
Victorious	Royal Navy	Illustrious	aircraft carrier	23,000	29 May 1941	scrapped 1969
Videla	Chile	Serrano	destroyer	1,090		Discarded 1960
Vigilant	Royal Navy	V	destroyer	1,710	22 December 1942	paid off 1963, Scrapped 6 June 1965
Ville de Quebec	Royal Canadian Navy	Flower	corvette	925	24 May 1942	paid off 6 July 1945
Vincennes (CA-44)	USA	New Orleans-class heavy cruiser		9,400	24 February 1937	sunk 9 August 1942
Vincennes (CL-64)	USA	Cleveland-class light cruiser		11,800	21 January 1944	sunk as target 1966
Vindex	Royal Navy	Nairana	escort carrier	13,671	3 December 1943	paid off 1947, scrapped August 1971
Vindictive	Royal Navy	Hawkins	repair ship	9,394	1 October 1918	former seaplane carrier and cruiser, paid off 8 September 1945
Violet	Royal Navy	Flower	corvette	925	3 February 1941	10 February 1946
Virago	Royal Navy	V	destroyer	1,710	5 November 1943	scrapped 1965
Vittorio Veneto	Regia Marina	Littorio	battleship	41,000	28 April 1940	scrapped 1948
Voroshilov	Soviet Navy	Kirov-class heavy cruiser		7,880	20 June 1940	scrapped 1960s
Volage	Royal Navy	V	destroyer	1,710	26 May 1944	scrapped 1977

References

1. Naval Vessel Register Index
2. "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
3. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
4. Archives, The National. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War - The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.

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