HMS Vindictive
Ship Number
500
Vessel Type
Seaplane Carrier
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
2
Launch Date
January 17, 1918
Delivered
October 19, 1918
Owner
Admiralty
Weight
7764 grt
BP Length
565 feet
Breadth
No. of Screws
Quadruple
Speed (approx)
30 knots
Propulsion
4-shaft Parsons geared turbines, 60,000 SHP
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scrapped
HMS Vindictive

[Harland and Wolff Collection]
The last ship to bear the VINDICTIVE name was originally commissioned as the HMS Cavendish and renamed in honour of the World War I vessel.
 
HMS Vindictive subsequently became a training ship in 1937, and repair ship in 1939 till the end of the war.
 
Vindictive was laid up at Faslane in December 1945.
 
Broken up from 1948