COMPENDIUM; 100 Photostream images of HMAS VAMPIRE [II] - Part III. The Peruvians.

5503. Although the last of the 20th Century Daring Class ships in existence, HMAS VAMPIRE [II] was not the longest serving. That honour goes to the 54 years service of the former HMS DECOY, completed in 1953, as as BAP DIEGO FERRE served on in the Peruvian Navy from 1969 until finally decommissioned on July 13, 2007.

 

On being sold to Peru,, DIEGO FERRE underwent a rebuild at Cammell Laird to 1973, and emerged carrying launchers for eight Exocet MM38 SSMs, making her and sister BAP PALACIOS [ex-HMS DIANA] the most powerful Daring Class destroyers in the end. They also acquired helicopter platforms on the quarterdeck. Thus the RAN is left clinging to the claim that ours remained the best-looking - and there is still one in existence.

 

One can see the missile destroyer appearance of DIEGO FERRE on her Wikipedia entry below. PALACIOS was decommissioned in 1993.

 

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The photo above shows VAMPIRE after her 1970-71 modernisation, seen from HMAS MELBOURNE [II]. It is RAN Archive, Navy Heritage Collection image ID. NO. M01166.

 

Pic 3238: Seventeenth in modelmakers images, 40 mm twin bofors mount facing.

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Pic 3239: Eighteen in modelmakers imnages, aft deckhouse and funnel.

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Pic 3298: Refuelling at sea from MELBOURNE , 1960s.

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Pic 3513: Seen from a Sydney ferry, 1981. Eastwood Collection

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Pic 3670: Builders Trials, 1959, Graeme Andrews SHF Collection.

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Pic 3927. Berthed in the Saigon River with QUICKMATCH, Feb. 1962 – Graeme Andrews.

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Pic 3987: Oct 4, 1977, meeting MELBOURNE on her return from Jubilee Review, Spithead

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Pic 4078: Firing a broadside, 1970s.

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Pic 4148: With the Sydney cliff line, 1970s, dramatic image:

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Pic 4635: On her own in Sembawang Basin, Nov 4-26, 1975.

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Pic 4852: Approaching HMAS MELBOURNE as the band tunes up.

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Pic 4853: Docking at Garden Island in the 1960s.

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Pic 4854: VAMPIRE at sea, 1960s.

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Pic 4952: VAMPIRE rolls in a heavy swell, deteriorated colour image.

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4953. Alongside HMAS MELBOURNE [II] grainy colour image.

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Pic 5230: Port quarter view, showing escape hatches.

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Pic 5504: Postscript, in the 1960s.

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Pic 5505: Postscript, at the ANMM, Jan 1, 2007. Wikipedia

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Pic 5506. Lit up at Sembawang Basin, Singapore 1979. CPO Dennis Mills [ret].

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Pic 5934: VAMPIRE at Port Melbourne, Dec. 12, 1982, by Neil Penny:

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Pic 5935: VAMPIRE at Port Melbourne, Dec. 12, 1982, by Neil Penny:

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Pic 5936: VAMPIRE at Port Melbourne, Dec. 12, 1982, by Neil Penny:

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Pic 5937: Deck scene, VAMPIRE at Port Melbourne, Dec. 12, 1982, by Neil Penny

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Pic 6256: 1969, in SE Asia with 'B' turret missing - RAN

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Pic 6257: Another image, low angle, at sea with B turret missing in 1969

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The three-part VAMPIRE 100 COMPENDIUM concludes. OTHER PHOTOSTREAM COMPENDIA completed thus far:

 

HMAS AUSTRALIA [I] Indefatigable Class battlecruiser; two parts, beginning under Entry 5476, 100+ images.

 

HMAS WARRAMUNGA [I] Tribal Class destroyer: single entry under Entry 5470, 50 images

 

HMAS ARUNTA [I] Tribal Class destroyer, two parts, under pic entries 5467-5468, 80 images

 

HMAS HOBART [I] Modified Leander Class light cruiser: Two parts, under pic entries 5464-5465, 100 images

 

HMAS MELBOURNE [II] Light fleet aircraft carrier: seven parts, under pic entries 5444-5450, 350 images

 

HMAS QUEENBOROUGH, 'Q' Class or Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate; Two parts under pic entries 5435,5436, 60 images.

 

HMAS ANZAC [II] Battle Class destroyer, Two Parts under pic entries 5429-5430; 60 images.

 

HMAS SHROPSHIRE, heavy cruiser: Three Parts under pic entries 5415-5417, 75 images

 

HMAS AUSTRALIA [II] heavy cruiser : Three parts under pic entries 5412-5415, 200 images

 

BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET IN AUSTRALIA; single entry; under Pic 5365, 50 images

 

BOYS AND BATTLESHIPS: Under Entry No.5488, 17-image essay on the 20th Century romance between boys and battleships.

 

HMAS BARCOO, WWII River Class frigate, single entry under Pic NO. 6186, 30+ images.

 

FOUL WEATHER IN PORT COMPENDIUM - single entry at Pic NO. 6191, 60+ images

 

BOYS AND BATTLESHIPS: COMPENDIUM ESSAY on a 20th Century Romance, under Pic NO. 5488, 20+ images

 

 

 

[These compendia can be found by putting the Pic, or "Entry' number in the search field above right]

 

 

 

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