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D78 may refer to: * D. 78, Aria "Son fra l’onde" for soprano and piano, composed by Franz Schubert in 1813 * HMS Archer (D78), Long Island-class escort carrier built by the US in 1939–1940, operated by the Royal Navy during World War II * HMS Vidette (D78), Admiralty V class destroyer of the Royal Navy *HMS Wolverine (D78) HMS ''Wolverine'' was an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was one of four destroyers ordered in April 1918 from James Samuel White & Co Ltd under the 14th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Programme ...

HMS Archer (D78)
HMS ''Archer'' was a built by the United States in 1939–1940 and operated by the Royal Navy during World War II. She was built as the cargo ship ''Mormacland'', but was converted to an escort carrier and renamed HMS ''Archer''. Her transmission was a constant cause of problems which led to her being withdrawn from front-line service. She was used as a stores ship and then as an accommodation ship before a refit and subsequent use as a Merchant Aircraft Carrier, merchant aircraft ferry ship, ''Empire Lagan''. She was returned to the US Navy, then laid up as ''Archer'' before being sold into merchant service and converted to a passenger ship, ''Anna Salén''. She was used to take emigrants to Australia and Canada in the early 1950s. She was sold and renamed ''Tasmania'' and after further service as an emigrant ship was converted back to a cargo ship. She was later sold and renamed ''Union Reliance''. She was scrapped after a collision and fire in 1961. Design and description ' ...
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HMS Vidette (D78)
HMS ''Vidette'' (D48) was an Admiralty V-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Built at the end of the First World War, she served in the final months of that conflict, and saw extensive service in the inter war years and in World War II. She was an effective convoy escort and U-boat killer, being credited with the destruction of five U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic. HMS Vidette transported Spike Island Republican Prisoners to Bere Island Internment Camp in 1921. *Refer Spike Island’s Republican Prisoners, 1921 by Tom O’Neill MA. Construction ''Vidette'' was ordered under the 1916–17 War Emergency Programme from Alexander Stephens & Sons Limited in Linthouse, Govan. She was laid down on 1 February 1917, was launched on 28 February 1918, and completed on 27 April the same year. ''Vidette'' served with the Grand Fleet to the end of World War I, and was placed in Reserve in 1923. She spent most of the 1920s and 1930s in reserve, but was brought back to active s ...
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HMS Wolverine (D78)
HMS ''Wolverine'' was an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was one of four destroyers ordered in April 1918 from James Samuel White & Co Ltd under the 14th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Programme of 1917–18. She was the seventh Royal Navy Ship to carry the name. It had been introduced in 1798 for a gun brig and last borne by a destroyer sunk after a collision in 1917. Construction ''Wolverine''s keel was laid on 8 October 1918 at the James Samuel White & Co. Ltd. Shipyard in Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was launched on 17 July 1919. She was overall in length with a beam of . Her mean draught was, and would reach under full load. She had a displacement of 1,140 tons standard and up to 1,550 full load. She was propelled by three White-Foster type water-tube boilers powering Parsons geared steam turbines developing driving two screws for a maximum designed speed of . She was oil-fired and had a bunkerage of 320 to 370 tons. This ...
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