Royal Navy WW2 Bronze Screen Badge - HMS Vansittart 1919. HMS Vansittart was an Admiralty Modified W Destroyer. Built by William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir. HMS Vansittart saw service in WW2. She was responsible for the sinking of U 102 by the use of depth charges, on 1 July, 1940. As it happened, U 102 had just recently destroyed one of its only victims, the British merchant SS Clearton, in approximately the same general region. HMS Vansittart went on to save the survivors of the SS Clearton, who numbered 26 people.

During her career she went under one reconstruction, to serve as a long range escort. In1946, HMS Vansittart was sold for scrap.

The dimensions below show the overall size including the mount. The badge itself measures 38.5 in height and 25cm in length.   

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