HMS Vansittart was an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy.
[1] HMS Vansittart's keel was laid on 7 January 1918 at the William Beardmore & Company Shipyard at Dalmuir.
[2] She was propelled by three Yarrow water tube boilers powering Brown-Curtis geared steam turbines developing 27,000 SHP driving two screws for a maximum designed speed of 34 knots.
[1] HMS Vansittart was allocated to the 15th Destroyer Flotilla in the Western Approaches Command and deployed in the English Channel for convoy defence.
In October she was transferred to the 17th Destroyer Flotilla based at Plymouth for convoy defence in the South-West Approaches.
On 20 May she deployed on Operation Ordnance – the evacuation of Dutch ports including Rotterdam and the Hook of Holland.
An hour after arriving on the scene she established a strong ASDIC return and made two runs dropping eleven depth charges set for 350 to 500 feet.