MaliceA4Thought

Vampire was heavily modified by the Aussies and had one set of three tubes replaced by 2 pdr AA guns as a result of the Repulse / Prince of Wales incident when it was found the existing AA suite was completely innefective.. The wiki article is wrong (as usual). She is not the same as a UK V class destroyer although she was origionally built as one, and the wiki article appears to represent the standard V class, not the Vampire. She was never upgraded to the 4 TT stack. "INDIAN OCEAN. 1942-03-04. STARBOARD QUARTER VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS VAMPIRE (I) (I68) WHILE ESCORTING TROOP CONVOY SU1 (NOT IN SIGHT) WITH AUSTRALIAN SERVICEMEN BOUND FROM THE MIDDLE EAST TO AUSTRALIA. SHE WEARS A CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN OF THREE SHADES OF GREY. HER SEARCHLIGHT PLATFORM HAS BEEN MOVED TO A POSITION BETWEEN THE FUNNELS. IT HAS BEEN REPLACED IN ITS FORMER POSITION, AND THAT OF THE AFTER TORPEDO TUBES, BY A PLATFORM FOR TWO SINGLE 2 POUNDER AA GUNS. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)" M