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HMS Vittoria (1917)
HMS ''Vittoria'' was a British destroyer of the Admiralty V-class. She was converted to a minelayer, and was torpedoed by the Bolshevik submarine ''Pantera'' off the island of Seiskari in the Gulf of Finland on 31 August 1919. The sunken destroyer was given to the state of Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ... on 12 December 1919 together with her sister ship ; however, when salvaging began in 1925, it was found that both ships were broken in two and impossible to repair. In November 2013, divers rediscovered the wreck of the sunken destroyer at a depth of 30 meters (98 feet). Notes Bibliography * * * * * * * External linksPhotograph of HMS ''Vittoria'', circa 1918 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Vittoria (1917)
HMS ''Vittoria'' was a British destroyer of the Admiralty V-class. She was converted to a minelayer, and was torpedoed by the Bolshevik submarine ''Pantera'' off the island of Seiskari in the Gulf of Finland on 31 August 1919. The sunken destroyer was given to the state of Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ... on 12 December 1919 together with her sister ship ; however, when salvaging began in 1925, it was found that both ships were broken in two and impossible to repair. In November 2013, divers rediscovered the wreck of the sunken destroyer at a depth of 30 meters (98 feet). Notes Bibliography * * * * * * * External linksPhotograph of HMS ''Vittoria'', circa 1918 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |