H.M.S. Vidette (1918)
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| H.M.S. Vidette (1918) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.07 (Jun 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Alexander Stephen & Sons[2] |
| Launched: | 28 Feb, 1918[3] |
| Completed: | 27 Apr, 1918[4] |
| Commissioned: | 18 Apr, 1918[5] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Vidette was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Vidette was commissioned on 18 April, 1918.[6]
She was re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923. By March 1925, she was operating with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla as part of the Atlantic Fleet.[7]
After paying off into Dockyard Control at Devonport on 2 June, 1927,[8] she commissioned at Devonport 26 August, 1927 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic.[9]
Re-commissioned at Devonport 27 April, 1931 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic,[10] where she remained until at least early 1933.[11] She remained with the flotilla after it transferred to the Home Fleet.[12]
In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[13]
She transferred to the Reserve Fleet at Devonport on 17 May, 1935.[14]
Commissioned at Devonport on 6 May, 1936 for service with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla at Portland.[15]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander William J. Whitworth, 4 April, 1918[16][17] – 11 February, 1919[18]
- Commander Richard M. King, 11 February, 1919[19] – 26 June, 1919[20]
- Commander Edward McC. W. Lawrie, 19 June, 1919[21] (N.B., his service record indicates that this was cancelled)
- Lieutenant-Commander Harry A. D. Keate, November, 1919[22] – 4 May, 1921 (may have been in command from mid 1919)
- Commander John L. Field, 4 May, 1921 – 23 May, 1922
- Commander Henry I. M. L. Scott, May, 1922[23] – 30 August, 1922[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander Cyril J. H. Hill, 30 August, 1922[25][26] – 7 April, 1925[27]
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard Harter, 7 April, 1925[28] – 29 December, 1925[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander Cecil H. J. Harcourt, 29 December, 1925[30] – 5 January, 1927[31]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur V. Hemming, 5 January, 1927 – 30 April, 1927
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur V. Hemming, 26 August, 1927 – 5 April, 1928
- Commander Edward C. Thornton, 5 April, 1928[32] – 21 August, 1928[33]
- Lieutenant-Commander John G. Crossley, 21 August, 1928[34] – 1 January, 1929[35] (temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander Ralph B. Gossage, December, 1928[36][37] – 18 December, 1930[38]
- Lieutenant-Commander Angus D. Nicholl, 18 December, 1930[39][40] – 30 July, 1932[41] (took command in 1931 upon commissioning)
- Lieutenant-Commander James G. W. Deneys, 30 July, 1932[42] – 1933
- Lieutenant-Commander Cecil W. May, 15 December, 1933[43]
- Lieutenant-Commander Gerald B. Roope, 15 December, 1936[44]
- Commander (retired) Denys R. Brocklebank, 15 June, 1939[45][46] – June 1940[47]
- Lieutenant in Command Eric N. Walmsley, 1 June, 1940[48] – late 1942[49]
- Lieutenant-Commander Raymond Hart, 21 December, 1942[50] – 6 November, 1943[51]
- Commander Sir Peter W. Gretton, 6 November, 1943[52] – 1 December, 1943[53]
- Lieutenant-Commander Raymond Hart, 1 December, 1943[54] – March 1944[55]
- Lieutenant in Command Percival J. Stoner, March 1944[56] – 14 April, 1944[57]
- Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.V.R. George S. Woolley, 14 April, 1944[58] – mid 1945[59]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 282.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 288.
- ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 288.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
- ↑ King Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 489.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 933.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/153. f. 152.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/153. f. 152.
- ↑ Harter Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/123. f. 487.
- ↑ Harter Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/52/123. f. 487.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 282a.
- ↑ Harcourt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/7. f. 7.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. 99.
- ↑ Crossley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/99. f. 99.
- ↑ Gossage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/95. f. 95.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
- ↑ Gossage Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/95. f. 95.
- ↑ Nicholl Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/82. f. 82.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282.
- ↑ Nicholl Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/82. f. 82.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 288.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/112. f. 112.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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