They sent the 4th Light Cruiser Division, and the 13th Destroyer Division, under the command of Rear Admiral Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair. The Admiralty was instructed to send a fleet of destroyers and light cruisers to the Baltic. In light of these overwhelming forces, the British government considered a naval action short of war necessary in the Baltic if Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were to retain their autonomy. German garrisons in cities along the Baltic coast planned to capture the territories of the republics in order to keep them out of Bolshevik hands. Bolshevik armies were sent to carry out this 'liberation' of the Baltic states. Immediately the Bolshevik leader of Russia, Lenin, repudiated the treaty, and intended to transform the Baltic into a Russian sea, liberating the states surrounding it. The tiny Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were promised self-determination under the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, and at the cessation of hostilities, national governments were formed in these tiny territories. Eleven days after the armistice, Vendetta went to war again, returning to the 13th Destroyer Division for the first cold war, literally. For the remainder of the war, Vendetta was employed in patrol and escort duties. On 17 November 1917, Vendetta was employed as a screening destroyer in the 1st Light Cruiser Division, and participated in the Heligoland Bight action, against the German cruiser squadron. Before the end of the First World War, Vendetta engaged two German minesweepers in the Kattegat. They were easily the best class of destroyer in the world in 1917-18 in terms of armament and seaworthiness. Vendetta was placed in the 13th Destroyer Division on 17 October 1917, which was mostly composed of V and W class destroyers.

Ww2dbaseThe V/W class destroyers were designed in the early months of 1916, before the Battle of Jutland. II guns, 1x.303 Vickers gun, 4x.303 Lewis guns, 2x3x21in torpedo tubes, 50 depth charges Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, UKД¤x102mm QF 4in MK.

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