HMS Vigilant was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II.

Also part of the escorting destroyers of the 21st Aircraft Carrier Squadron involved in Operation Dracula from April to May 1945.

She participated in the Battle of the Malacca Strait with the destroyers Saumarez, Verulam, Venus, and Virago which culminated in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Haguro on 16 May 1945.

In 1951 she began conversion into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, by Thornycroft at Woolston.

In October 1954 she collided with another Type 15 Frigate HMS Relentless and was repaired at Devonport Dockyard.