Vendetta was one of three modified HMS Daring class destroyers built for the RAN shortly after WWII. A fourth ship was acquired second-hand from the RN, to replace one of the trio sunk in a collision. Vampire and Vendetta were both refitted in the early 1970's, acquiring the new bridge and second mast seen here. The former RN ship, Duchess, was not modified to the same extent, and was paid off for disposal in 1979. Vampire was preserved as a museum in 1985, and two years later Vendetta was towed to a Chinese shipbreaker.

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