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She wears a wartime disruptive camouflage scheme, light along the bow and darker towards the stern, and her pennant R75 is painted large on the hull below the bridge. Her guns are trained fore and aft. Behind her the low far bank is lined with buildings and factory chimneys, one of them trailing smoke under a pale sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eVirago was built by Swan Hunter at Wallsend, launched on 4 February 1943 and commissioned on 5 November 1943. Within weeks she was escorting Arctic convoys. On 26 December 1943 she joined the destroyer torpedo attacks that finished off the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North Cape, and in January 1944 she rescued 78 men from the torpedoed HMS Hardy. She later supported the Normandy landings off Sword Beach. In May 1945, in the Malacca Strait, she was one of the five destroyers that sank the Japanese heavy \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy Cruisers Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-cruisers-photo-prints\"\u003ecruiser\u003c\/a\u003e Haguro. After the war she was rebuilt at Chatham as a \u003ca title=\"Royal Navy type 15 frigates Photo prints\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hampshireprints.co.uk\/collections\/royal-navy-type-15-frigates-photo-prints\"\u003eType 15 frigate\u003c\/a\u003e, pennant F76, and she was broken up at Faslane in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis print is ideal for Royal Navy veterans, families of those who served on the Arctic convoys or with the East Indies Fleet, and anyone with a connection to HMS Virago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage Taken: 29th October 1943\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhotographer: Unknown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e© Public Domain - Restored by Hampshire Prints\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Hampshire Prints","offers":[{"title":"6 x 4 \/ No Frame \/ No","offer_id":58961059152253,"sku":"H0713852P","price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"7 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