HMS Vanity (D28)

	HMS Vanity in October 1941.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Vanity
Ordered	30 June 1916
Builder	William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir
Laid down	28 July 1917
Launched	3 May 1918
Commissioned	21 June 1918
Decommissioned	1930s
Identification	Pennant number:; D28 (1918–1940); L38 (1940–1945);
Recommissioned	August 1939
Decommissioned	1945
Motto	Vanitas vanitatum ("Vanity of Vanities")
Honours and; awards	Battle honours for:; North Sea 1939; English Channel 1943;
Fate	For disposal 1946; Sold for scrapping 4 March 1947;
Badge	A gold, blue, and green peacock's feather on a black field
General characteristics
Class and type	Admiralty V-class destroyer
Displacement	1,272-1,339 tons
Length	300 ft (91.4 m) o/a, 312 ft (95.1 m) p/p
Beam	26 ft 9 in (8.2 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m) standard, 11 ft 3 in (3.4 m) deep
Propulsion	3 Yarrow type Water-tube boilers; Brown-Curtis steam turbines; 2 shafts, 27,000 shp;
Speed	34 kt
Range	320-370 tons oil, 3,500 nmi at 15 kt, 900 nmi at 32 kt
Complement	110
Armament	4 × QF 4 in Mk.V (102mm L/45), mount P Mk.I; (replaced by 2 × 2 QF 4-inch Mk XVI anti-aircraft guns from June 1940); 2 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II "pom-pom" (40 mm L/39) or;; 1 × QF 3-inch (76-mm) 20 cwt Mk.I gun, mount HA Mk.II; 4 (2x2) tubes for 21 in torpedoes;

The second HMS Vanity (D28, later L38) was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War I and World War II.

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