HMAS Vampire (D11)
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HMAS Vampire (D11) was a Daring-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. She was laid down by the Cockatoo Island Dockyard at Sydney in New South Wales on 1 July 1952, launched on 27 October 1956 and commissioned on 23 June 1959.
Vampire paid off on 13 August 1986 and was preserved as a museum ship at the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour in Sydney's Port Jackson.
See HMAS Vampire for other ships of this name.
| Daring class destroyer |
| Royal Navy |
| Dainty | Daring | Decoy | Defender | Delight | Diamond | Diana | Duchess |
| Peruvian Navy |
| Palacios (ex-Diana) | Ferré (ex-Decoy) |
| Voyager class destroyer |
| Duchess | Vampire | Vendetta | Voyager |
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List of destroyers of the Royal Navy List of major warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy |
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