H.M.S. Viscount (1917)

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H.M.S. Viscount (1917)
Pendant Number: G.24 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Launched: 29 Dec, 1917[3]
Completed: 4 Mar, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 13 Aug, 1920[5]
Sold: 20 Mar, 1945[6]

H.M.S. Viscount was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

Viscount commissioned at Portsmouth on 13 August, 1920.[7]

She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 September, 1924. By March, 1925 she was with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]

Viscount was re-commissioned at the Nore on 27 May, 1927 to join Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

The ship was re-commissioned at Chatham on 10 December, 1929 once again to work with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

She was paid off into the Reserve at Chatham on 12 April, 1932.[11]

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.[12]

Re-commissioned on 14 March, 1934 for duty with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla.[13]

She commissioned at Chatham on 24 September 1936 to serve with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 282a.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
  12. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 936.
  16. Shuttleworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/165. f. 569.
  17. Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  18. The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 890.
  19. Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  20. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
  21. Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
  22. Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
  23. Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
  24. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 836.
  26. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  27. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 283.
  29. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. ?.
  30. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
  31. Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
  32. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
  33. Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/67. f. 67.
  34. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.
  35. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 289.
  36. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 16 Sept. 1936, p. 7.
  37. "Destroyer Commands." The Times (London, England), 15 Dec. 1936, p. 11.
  38. "Destroyer Commands." The Times (London, England), 15 Dec. 1936, p. 11.
  39. Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1.
  40. Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1.
  41. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.
  42. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 Apr. 1938, p. 9.
  43. Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  44. Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


"V" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Vancouver Vanessa Vanity Vanquisher Vanoc
Vega Velox Vehement Venturous Vendetta
Venetia Verdun Versatile Verulam Vesper
  Vidette Violent Vimiera Vittoria  
  Vivacious Vivien Vortigern Vectis  
Thornycroft Specials
  Viceroy Viscount  
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