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''Valorous'' was one of 5 flotilla leaders of the [["V" Class Flotilla Leader (1917)|V]] class.
'''H.M.S. ''Valorous''''' was one of five flotilla leaders of the [["V" Class Flotilla Leader (1917)|"V" class]].
 
==Service==
''Valorous'' joined the {{UK-DF|11}}, which was screening the [[Grand Fleet]], upon commissioning in August, 1917.  She served there as the flotilla leader, second in command until joining the {{UK-DF|1}} in February, 1919, where she acted as one of two flagships.
 
She recommissioned at Port Edgar on 10 September, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 879''b''}}
 
''Valorous'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 January, 1924.  By March 1925, she was serving with the {{UK-DF|9}} in the Atlantic.{{NLApr25|p. 279}}
 
Re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 23 November, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 278}}
 
She was paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 4 March, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 277}}
 
Paid off 1 July, 1928 and went into the Reserve Fleet at the Nore.{{NLJul31|p. 277}}
 
Commissioned at Chatham on 27 April, 1932 for service with the {{UK-DF|2}}.{{NLJul34|p. 282}}
 
She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 August, 1934 for service with the {{UK-DF|2}}.{{NLOct35|p. 282}}
 
She re-commissioned in the Reserve Fleet at standard notice on 30 October, 1936, her place to be taken in the {{UK-DF|2}}, Home Fleet by the new {{UK-Hotspur|f=t}}.{{NLJul37|p. 281}}{{ToL|Destroyer Relief|Saturday, Oct 24, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47514}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Gerald Hamond|nick=Robert G. Hamond|appt=19 July, 1917<ref>Hamond Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/45/170.|D7603422}} f. 174.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 923''a''}}|end=17 February, 1919<ref>Hamond Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/45/170.|D7603422}} f. 174.</ref>|note=sick on shore for some period, ending 3 November, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon|nick=Edmond J. G. Mackinnon|appt=25 October, 1918<ref>Mackinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|end=22 January, 1919<ref>Mackinnon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/228.|D7603480}} f. 232.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederick Edward Ketelbey Strong|nick=Frederick E. K. Strong|appt=17 February, 1919<ref>Strong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>|end=19 March, 1919<ref>Strong Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603290}} f. 38.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert Gerald Hamond|nick=Robert G. Hamond|appt=19 March, 1919<ref>Hamond Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/45/170.|D7603422}} f. 174.</ref>|end=1 November, 1919<ref>Hamond Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/45/170.|D7603422}} f. 174.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Rupert Hemans|nick=Cecil R. Hemans|appt=1 November, 1919<ref>Hemans Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/47/151.|D7603858}} f. 356.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 879''b''}}|end=14 July, 1921<ref>Hemans Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/47/151.|D7603858}} f. 356.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Colclough Allen|nick=Hamilton C. Allen|appt=14 July, 1921<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=5 November, 1922<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I ''Gr.''''')|name=Thomas Charles Carpenter Bolster|nick=Thomas C. C. Bolster|appt=5 November, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 826}}<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=1 May, 1923<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|nick=James R. C. Cavendish|appt=3 January, 1924<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 278}}|end=9 January, 1925<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=9 January, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 279}}<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>|ass=12 January, 1925<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>|end=23 November, 1925<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Drinkwater|nick=John Drinkwater|appt=10 August, 1931|end=2 September, 1931|note=for trials}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Eldred Stuart Brooksmith|nick=Eldred S. Brooksmith|appt=c. November 1931|end=3 December, 1931|note=came from {{UK-Vivien}} on transfer, died of pneumonia in command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=David James Robert Simson|nick=David J. R. Simson|appt=27 April, 1932<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 282}}|end=6 January, 1934<ref>Simson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/54/149.|D7605736}} f. 150.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallett|nick=Cecil C. Hughes-Hallett|appt=6 January, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 282}}|end=17 February, 1936<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/25.|}} f. 25.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Donald Keppel Bain|nick=Donald K. Bain|appt=17 February, 1936<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/25.|}} f. 25.</ref>{{NavAppts|January 22, 1936, Issue 47278, p.6}}|end=31 March, 1936<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/25.|}} f. 25.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lawrence George Durlacher|nick=Lawrence G. Durlacher|appt=31 March, 1936{{INF}}<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/25.|}} f. 25.</ref>|end=2 May, 1936<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/25.|}} f. 25.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Donald Keppel Bain|nick=Donald K. Bain|appt=2 May, 1936<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/25.|}} f. 25.</ref>|end=late October, 1936<ref>Bain Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/25.|}} f. 25.</ref>{{ToL|Destroyer Relief|Saturday, Oct 24, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47514}}|note=vice Durlacher}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=3 April, 1939|end=6 May, 1939<ref>Bostock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/91.|}} f. 91.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Mack|nick=Edward Mack|appt=22 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4256}}|end=9 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4256}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Wentworth Fitzroy|nick=William W. Fitzroy|appt=9 January, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4256}}|end=3 March, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4256}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Hedworth Lambton|nick=Hedworth Lambton|appt=3 March, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4256}}|end=mid 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4256}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Morice Grant Macleod|nick=Morice G. Macleod|appt=27 September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4256}}|end=12 December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4256}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Alexander Jeffreys Dennis|nick=John A. J. Dennis|appt=12 December, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4256}}|end=May, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4256}}}}
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==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 21:14, 8 February 2021

H.M.S. Valorous (1917)
Pendant Number: F.92 (1917)
G.00 (Jan 1918)
G.20 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Launched: 8 May, 1917[3]
Commissioned: 21 Aug, 1917
Sold: 4 Mar, 1947[4]

H.M.S. Valorous was one of five flotilla leaders of the "V" class.

Service

Valorous joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla, which was screening the Grand Fleet, upon commissioning in August, 1917. She served there as the flotilla leader, second in command until joining the First Destroyer Flotilla in February, 1919, where she acted as one of two flagships.

She recommissioned at Port Edgar on 10 September, 1920.[5]

Valorous was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 2 January, 1924. By March 1925, she was serving with the Ninth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic.[6]

Re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 23 November, 1925.[7]

She was paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 4 March, 1927.[8]

Paid off 1 July, 1928 and went into the Reserve Fleet at the Nore.[9]

Commissioned at Chatham on 27 April, 1932 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[10]

She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 31 August, 1934 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla.[11]

She re-commissioned in the Reserve Fleet at standard notice on 30 October, 1936, her place to be taken in the Second Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet by the new destroyer Hotspur.[12][13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 278.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 277.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 277.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 282.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 282.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 281.
  13. ↑ "Destroyer Relief." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 24, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47514.
  14. ↑ Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 923a.
  16. ↑ Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.
  17. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  18. ↑ Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  19. ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
  20. ↑ Strong Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 38.
  21. ↑ Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.
  22. ↑ Hamond Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/45/170. f. 174.
  23. ↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
  25. ↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
  26. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  27. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 826.
  29. ↑ Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  30. ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
  31. ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 278.
  33. ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
  35. ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  36. ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  37. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 282.
  39. ↑ Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 282.
  41. ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  42. ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  43. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), January 22, 1936, Issue 47278, p.6.
  44. ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  45. ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  46. ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  47. ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  48. ↑ Bain Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/25. f. 25.
  49. ↑ "Destroyer Relief." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 24, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47514.
  50. ↑ Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  60. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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