World War II: <a about="#mwt33" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"HMS","href":"./Template:HMS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Vestal"},"2":{"wt":"J215"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vestal_(J215)" id="mwAQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="HMS Vestal (J215)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">HMS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Vestal</i></a> is the last British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" id="mwAQ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> ship to be sunk in the war.