List of ships of the Second World War (V)

The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945. For smaller vessels, see also list of World War II ships of less than 1000 tons. Some uncompleted Axis ships are included, out of historic interest. Ships are designated to the country under which they operated for the longest period of the Second World War, regardless of where they were built or previous service history. Submarines show submerged displacement. [1][2][3][4]

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Ship Country or organization Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate
V7  Romanian Naval Forces V7 river gunboat 1943 Built at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1943, armed with one 37 mm AA cannon and four machine guns, to Soviet Union September 1944
V8  Romanian Naval Forces V7 river gunboat 1943 Built at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1943, armed with one 37 mm AA cannon and four machine guns, fate unknown
V12  Romanian Naval Forces Project 1125 river gunboat 1943 Damaged captured Soviet warship, rebuilt at the Galați shipyard in Romania in 1943, armed with one 76 mm gun in a standard T-34 turret and up to 5 machine guns, to Soviet Union September 1944
Väinämöinen  Finland Väinämöinen coastal defence ship 3,900 29 April 1932 to Soviet Union 29 May 1947, scrapped 1968
Valiant  Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth battleship 31,000 13 January 1916 scrapped 1950
Valleyfield  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 7 December 1943 paid off 7 May 1944
Van Galen (I)  Royal Netherlands Navy Admiralen class destroyer 1,680 20 February 1929 Sunk 10 May 1940
Van Galen (II)  Royal Netherlands Navy N class destroyer 1,801 20 February 1942 Struck October 1956
Van Ghent  Royal Netherlands Navy Admiralen class destroyer 1,680 31 May 1928 Ran aground and was scuttled 15 February 1942
Van Kinsbergen  Royal Netherlands Navy Van Kinsbergen Unique sloop 1,760 24 August 1939 Decommisioned 29 May 1959, sold for scrap 19 February 1974
Van Nes  Royal Netherlands Navy Admiralen class destroyer 1,337 12 March 1931 Sunk 17 February 1942
Vancouver  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 20 March 1942 paid off 26 June 1945
Vântul  Romanian Naval Forces Vedenia motor torpedo boat 30 1943 Hull built in the Netherlands under British Power Boat Company licence, sold incomplete to Romania by the Germans, outfitted at the Galați shipyard in Romania and armed with two 20 mm AA guns and two 533 mm torpedo tubes, commissioned in late 1943, captured by the Soviets in September 1944 and scrapped after the war
Vardar  Royal Yugoslav Navy Sava river monitor 580 15 April 1920 scuttled 11 April 1941
Vârtejul  Romanian Naval Forces Vedenia motor torpedo boat 30 1944 Hull built in the Netherlands under British Power Boat Company licence, sold incomplete to Romania by the Germans, outfitted at the Galați shipyard in Romania and armed with two 20 mm AA guns and two 533 mm torpedo tubes, commissioned in early 1944, captured by the Soviets in September 1944 and scrapped after the war
Vasilefs Georgios  Hellenic Navy
 Kriegsmarine		 G destroyer 1,350 15 February 1939 captured, became ZG3 Hermes (Germany) 21 March 1942, scuttled 7 May 1943
Vasilissa Olga  Hellenic Navy G destroyer 1,350 February 1939 sunk 26 September 1943
Vedenia  Romanian Naval Forces Vedenia motor torpedo boat 30 1943 Hull built in the Netherlands under British Power Boat Company licence, sold incomplete to Romania by the Germans, outfitted at the Galați shipyard in Romania and armed with two 20 mm AA guns and two 533 mm torpedo tubes, commissioned in late 1943, captured by the Soviets in September 1944 and scrapped after the war
Veinticinco de Mayo  Argentina Veinticinco de Mayo-class cruiser 6,800 18 July 1931 scrapped 1962
Venerable  Royal Navy Collossus aircraft carrier 13,200 17 January 1945 paid off April 1947
Vengeance  Royal Navy Collossus aircraft carrier 13,200 15 January 1945 paid off 1952
Venus  Royal Navy V destroyer 1,710 28 August 1943 scrapped 1972
Verbena  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 19 December 1940
Veronica  Royal Navy
 United States Navy		 Flower corvette 925 18 February 1941 to USA as Temptress 16 February 1942, to UK 26 August 1945
Verulam  Royal Navy V destroyer 1,710 10 December 1943 scrapped 1972
Vervain  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 9 June 1941 20 February 1945
Vetch  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 11 August 1941
Vicksburg  USA Cleveland-class light cruiser 11,800 12 June 1944 scrapped 1964
Victoriaville  Royal Canadian Navy River frigate 1,445 11 November 1944 paid off 31 December 1973
Victorious  Royal Navy Illustrious aircraft carrier 23,000 29 May 1941 scrapped 1969
Videla  Chile Serrano destroyer 1,090 Discarded 1960
Viforul  Romanian Naval Forces Vosper motor torpedo boat 32 1940 Built by Vosper for Romania in 1940, sunk by Soviet mines in November 1941
Viforul  Romanian Naval Forces Vedenia motor torpedo boat 30 1944 Hull built in the Netherlands under British Power Boat Company licence, sold incomplete to Romania by the Germans, outfitted at the Galați shipyard in Romania and armed with two 20 mm AA guns and two 533 mm torpedo tubes, commissioned in early 1944, captured by the Soviets in September 1944 and scrapped after the war
Vigilant  Royal Navy V destroyer 1,710 22 December 1942 paid off 1963, Scrapped 6 June 1965
Vijelia  Romanian Naval Forces Vosper motor torpedo boat 32 1940 Built by Vosper for Romania in 1940, sunk by Soviet mines in November 1941
Vijelia  Romanian Naval Forces Vedenia motor torpedo boat 30 1943 Hull built in the Netherlands under British Power Boat Company licence, sold incomplete to Romania by the Germans, outfitted at the Galați shipyard in Romania and armed with two 20 mm AA guns and two 533 mm torpedo tubes, commissioned in late 1943, captured by the Soviets in September 1944 and scrapped after the war
Ville de Quebec  Royal Canadian Navy Flower corvette 925 24 May 1942 paid off 6 July 1945
Vincennes (CA-44)  USA New Orleans-class heavy cruiser 9,400 24 February 1937 sunk 9 August 1942
Vincennes (CL-64)  USA Cleveland-class light cruiser 11,800 21 January 1944 sunk as target 1966
Vindex  Royal Navy Nairana escort carrier 13,671 3 December 1943 paid off 1947, scrapped August 1971
Vindictive  Royal Navy Hawkins repair ship 9,394 1 October 1918 former seaplane carrier and cruiser, paid off 8 September 1945
Violet  Royal Navy Flower corvette 925 3 February 1941 10 February 1946
Virago  Royal Navy V destroyer 1,710 5 November 1943 scrapped 1965
Viscolul  Romanian Naval Forces Vosper motor torpedo boat 32 1940 Built by Vosper for Romania in 1940, to Soviet Union September 1944
Vittorio Veneto  Regia Marina Littorio battleship 41,000 28 April 1940 scrapped 1948
Voroshilov  Soviet Navy Kirov-class heavy cruiser 7,880 20 June 1940 scrapped 1960s
Volage  Royal Navy V destroyer 1,710 26 May 1944 scrapped 1977
Vulcanul  Romanian Naval Forces Vedenia motor torpedo boat 30 1944 Hull built in the Netherlands under British Power Boat Company licence, sold incomplete to Romania by the Germans, outfitted at the Galați shipyard in Romania and armed with two 20 mm AA guns and two 533 mm torpedo tubes, commissioned in early 1944, captured by the Soviets in September 1944 and scrapped after the war

References

  1. ↑ Naval Vessel Register Index
  2. ↑ "US Navy Inactive Classification Symbols". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Index
  4. ↑ Archives, The National. "Royal Navy operations in the Second World War - The National Archives". The National Archives. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
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