HMS Vigo (D31)

HMS Vigo was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Battle of Vigo, which took place in 1702 during the War of Spanish Succession between a British-Dutch Fleet and the French, and which ended in a victory for the British. Vigo was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Govan. She was launched on 27 September 1945 and commissioned on 9 December 1946.

Service History

Upon commissioning, Vigo was placed in Reserve along with a number of her sister-ships. In 1949, Vigo joined the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, based in the Mediterranean, which at that time, had quite a large Royal Navy presence. She performed a variety of operations there, at a time when there was much going on in the region and nearby, such as the internal turmoil in Egypt between 1951–1954.

In 1953, while still in the Mediterranean, Vigo suffered a fire onboard her, causing minor damage, though Vigo would suffer another fire in 1954. Also that year, Vigo became the Gunnery Training Ship based at Portsmouth, a duty that a number of her sister ships also performed.

HMS Vigo

Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vigo, after the Battle of Vigo Bay.

HMS Dartmouth (1693)

HMS Dartmouth was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched at Rotherhithe on 24 July 1693.

She was captured by the French in 1695. Upon her re-capture in 1702 she was renamed HMS Vigo, as a new ship of the navy had already been commissioned as HMS Dartmouth. Her service as HMS Vigo was short however, as she was wrecked in 1703.

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HMS Vigo (1810)

HMS Vigo was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 February 1810 at Rochester.

She became a receiving ship in 1827, and was broken up in 1865.

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Vigo

Vigo (/ˈviːɡoʊ/, Galician: [ˈbiɣo], locally: [ˈbiħo, -xo], Spanish: [ˈbiɣo]) is a city on the Atlantic Ocean in the province of Pontevedra, in Galicia, north-west Spain.

Vigo is the most populous municipality in Galicia, and the 14th in Spain.

Vigo is in the south-west of Galicia, in the southern part of Vigo Bay. In the north-east, it borders the municipality of Redondela, in the east Mos, in the south O Porriño and Gondomar, and in the south-west Nigrán. On the other side of the bay are the municipalities of Cangas and Moaña. They are all part of the southern Galician region called Rias Baixas. Vigo is located just north of the border with Portugal and its nearest larger city is Portugal's second largest city of Porto.

Vigo and its metropolitan area is one of the main economic agents of the region.

History

In the Middle Ages, the small village of Vigo was part of the territory of Galician speaking neighbouring towns, particularly Tui, and suffered several Viking attacks. However, the number of inhabitants was so small that, historically, Vigo was not considered to be a real village until around the 15th century, when the earliest records began.

Vigo (disambiguation)

Vigo can refer to:

Places

People

Vigo is an Italian surname, probably derived from the Latin word vicus (neighbourhood or settlement). An alternative spelling found as a forename is Viggo. But also can be a Spanish last name. The City of Vigo in Galicia, Spain, has close to 500,000 population and it can be where the surname comes from.

Vigo (comarca)

Vigo is a comarca in the Galician province of Pontevedra. The overall population of this local region is 413,996.

Th comarca is formed from the following municipalities:

Coordinates: 42°12′00″N 8°41′00″W / 42.2°N 8.68333°W / 42.2; -8.68333