H.M. SUBMARINE VIVID     

Vivid Crest

Small Patrol Submarine

 

Type:
V Class



Pennant No.:
P.77
Renamed April 1943.

Laid Down:
26th October 1942.
Armstrong Whitworth, High Walker, Newcastle.

Commissioned:
19th January 1944.
Lt. JC. Varley.


Commander:
Oct. 1943 - Mar. 1945
Lt. J.C. Varley DSC, MBE.
Feb. 1945
Lt. D.S. Brown, RNVR.
Mar. 1945
Lt. Seaburne-May, DSC.
Apr. 1945
Lt. J.C. Varley DSC.
Aug. 1945 - Feb. 1946
Lt. G.E.L.F. Edsell.

Complement:
37
4 Officers and 33 Ratings.

Service Career:
1944
3rd Flotilla, HMS Forth, Holy Loch.
1944
1st Flotilla, HMS Medway II, Malta.

Fate:
On the disbandment of the 1st Flotilla at Malta she was despatched to Bombay to carry out Anti-Submarine Training.

Scrapped at Faslane in October 1950.