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laid down in 1942 and launched in 1943 by

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for the

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. She was launched in September 1943 and, under the command of Lieutenant John Cromwell Varley DSC, served with the

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based at

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during the closing stages of the

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campaign in the Mediterranean sinking various

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merchant ships off the coast of Greece. During one of her sorties in 1944, ''Vivid'' sighted the requisitioned merchant ship SS ''Tanais'' 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) northwest of the islet of Dia on 9 June. ''Vivid'' fired a spread of four torpedoes at a range of 2,400 yards (2,200 m). Two hit ''Tanais'', sinking her in just 12 seconds; between 425 and 1,000 people died in the sinking, including deported Cretan Jews and Italian prisoners of war. Following a refit, HMS ''Vivid'' was transferred to the 2nd Submarine Flotilla in the Far East for one patrol in June 1945. The vessel was paid off into Reserve in 1946 and scrapped at

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in October 1950.

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