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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 06 NE 28 |
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| Type of record: | Maritime |
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| Name: | Vimiera |
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Summary
BRITISH DESTROYER, 1942
| Grid Reference: | TR 0772 6549 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR06NE |
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| Parish: | WHITSTABLE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- WRECK (built 1917, Modern - 1917 AD to 1942 AD)
Full description
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A destroyer acting as an escort when she struck a mine and sank. One officer and 90 ratings killed, one officer wounded.(1) Sunk by mine Thames Estuary.(2) Year Built: 1917 Builder: Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Engine HP: 27000 Propulsion: 2 x screw driven, turbine engines Armament: 4 x 4ins; 1 x 2pdr; 5 x mg guns Owner: Royal Navy Master: RNR Lt Cdr MacKenzie Crew Lost: 91 Passengers: 0 Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index: SRN.Vol.1 p593; MOD(N) Hyd Wk No's 012202034, 113 and 125 (3).
<1> Eric McKee, 1983, Working boats of Britain, Page Nos. 741 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6350.
<2> HMSO, 1988, British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 and 1939-45, Page Nos. 17 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6346.
<3> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Bibliographic reference: Eric McKee. 1983. Working boats of Britain. Page Nos. 741. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: HMSO. 1988. British vessels lost at sea 1914-18 and 1939-45. Page Nos. 17. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a. |
