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White Ensign Models has announced two new resin kits in the works of World War II Royal Navy destroyers, the 'V'-class Vigilant and 'S'-class Scorpian.
HMS Vigilant (R93) was ordered from Swan Hunter at Wallsend with the 8th Emergency Flotilla on 1 September 1941. She was laid down on 31 January 1942 & launched on 22 December 1942 as the 19th RN warship to carry this name, introduced for a Prize taken in 1743 and previously used for a WW2 hired trawler until 1943. She had been adopted by the civil community of Launceston in Cornwall after a successful Warship Week National Savings campaign in March 1942. The build was completed on 10 September 1943 & included protection for Arctic service. She performed convoy duties from 1943 to 1944.

In 1945 she served in the Pacific where she was part of an anti-shipping strike into the Andaman Sea (Operation Onboard) which resulted in the sinking of 4 Japanese merchant ships & their 2 escorts. On 15 May she and other RN destroyers engaged the Japanese cruiser Haguro & destroyer Kamikaze, sinking the former in a night torpedo attack in the Malacca Straits southwest of Penang.

HMS Scorpion (G72) was ordered from Cammell Laird, Birkenhead with 5th Emergency Flotilla on 9 January 1941. She was laid down on 19 June 1941 as Yard No 1094, and was intended to be named Sentinel. However this was changed after the loss of HM River Gunboat Scorpion in an action with Japanese destroyers off Sumatra on 13 February 1942. Launch was delayed until 26 August 1942 due to serious design problems & the late delivery of armament & fire-control equipment. She was the 11th RN ship to carry this name, introduced in 1746. Build was completed on 11th May 1943.

Scorpion served on the Russian Convoys, and participated in the Battle of North Cape where she obtained one torpedo hit on Scharnhorst. These duties were interrupted only for service in Operation Neptune, the invasion of France, from July to August 1944 to provide defense against S-boat attacks on invasion shipping.

WEM hopes to have both kits available before year's end. Both kits are currently available for pre-order from the WEM website Pricing is not available as of this wrtiting.
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