Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HMS Vimiera was V-Class destroyer ordered as part of the 1917-18 Program. She was chosen for conversion to an Escort destroyer (WAIR) with an enhanced anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capability as part of the naval rearmament programme preceding the outbreak of war in September 1939. Conversion was complete, whereon in January 1940 she joined the Nore Command for coastal convoy escort duty in the North Sea and English Channel. Her company was formed largely of men from the Clyde Division of the Royal Naval Reserve, HMS Graham.