HMS Vindex
escort carrier
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- HMS Vindex
- IMO number
- 5282689
- MMSI
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- Call sign
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- Flag
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- Vessel type
- escort carrier
- Gross tonnage
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- Deadweight (DWT)
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- Length overall
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- Beam
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- Year built
- 1943
- Builder
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- Registered owner
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- Operator
- Royal Navy
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About HMS Vindex
HMS Vindex (D15) was a Nairana-class escort carrier of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War. She was built at Swan Hunter shipyards in Newcastle upon Tyne. When construction started in 1942 she was intended as a merchant ship, but was completed and launched as an escort carrier, entering service at the end of 1943. Vindex operated escorting convoys and doing anti-submarine work in the Atlantic and Arctic theatres. Her Swordfish aircraft were involved in the sinking of four U-boats during her service. She survived the war, and immediately afterwards served in the Far East transporting men and material to and from Japan. In 1947, she was decommissioned and sold for commercial use, to Port Line and renamed Port Vindex. In 1971, she was scrapped in Taiwan.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS Vindex now?
- HMS Vindex has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is HMS Vindex?
- HMS Vindex is a escort carrier, built in 1943.
- Who owns HMS Vindex?
- HMS Vindex is operated by Royal Navy. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has HMS Vindex been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for HMS Vindex appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).