 {|    |} hms vigo (d31) 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&ndash;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. in addition to being the gunnery training ship to hms excellent, at whale island, the vigo was also captain (d) of the portsmouth squadron.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/|last=mackie|first=colin|title=ii: royal navy- captains commanding wars
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