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''Venetia'' was one of 25 destroyers of the [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|V]] class.
'''H.M.S. ''Venetia''''' was one of twenty-five [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|"V" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.
 
==Service==
''Venetia'' joined the {{UK-DF|13}} in January, 1918.{{SMNLJan18|p. 12}}  As part of this formation, she supported the [[Grand Fleet]] through the end of the war.  In February, 1919, she moved to join the new-fangled {{UK-DF|2}}.
 
She re-commissioned on 25 August, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 880}}
 
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 15 September, 1924.{{NLJan26|p. 279''a''}}
 
Paid off into Dockyard Control at Devonport on 19 May, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 279}}
 
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 30 March, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 279}}
 
''Venetia'' again re-commissioned at Devonport on 19 November, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 278}}
 
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 14 June, 1932 for work with the {{UK-SF|2}}.{{NLJul34|p. 283}}
 
She re-commissioned at Devonport on 31 August, 1934 for service with the {{UK-DF|2}} of the [[Home Fleet]] under Lt. Cdr. [[Richard Graham Stewart]].{{NLOct35|p. 283}}
 
In 1935, her bell was one of several ships' bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested.  It attracted a price of £1-£5, and men were to apply to win one at the fixed price, stating any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Saturday, Aug 10, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47139}}
 
Reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 27 October 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 283}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Hext Wright|nick=Arthur E. H. Wright|appt=30 November, 1917<ref>Wright Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/170.|D7576684}} ff. ?, 177.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 880}}|end=16 January, 1921<ref>Wright Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/170.|D7576684}} ff. ?, 177.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Rose Troup|nick=Hugh R. Troup|appt=15 January, 1921<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/225.|D7604637}} f. ?.</ref>|end=23 August, 1922<ref>Troup Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/225.|D7604637}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin|nick=Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin|appt=22 August, 1922<ref>Wyndham-Quin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/322.|D7605407}} f. 696.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 828}}|end=1 January, 1924<ref>Wyndham-Quin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/322.|D7605407}} f. 696.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Nash|nick=Reginald Nash|appt=1 January, 1924<ref>Nash Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|D7605268}} f. 551.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 279}}|end=December, 1925<ref>Nash Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|D7605268}} f. 551.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ivan Beale Colvin|nick=Ivan B. Colvin|appt=1 December, 1925<ref>Colvin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}}  f. 169.</ref>{{NLFeb26|p. 279''a''}}|ass=21 December, 1925<ref>Colvin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}}  f. 169.</ref>|end=17 May, 1927<ref>Colvin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}}  f. 169.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Richard Ware Turnor|nick=Harold R. W. Turnor|appt=15 March, 1928|end=April, 1928|note=for trials}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ivan Beale Colvin|nick=Ivan B. Colvin|appt=30 March, 1928|end=5 April, 1928<ref>Colvin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}}  f. 169.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin|nick=Benjamin C. S. Martin|appt=5 April, 1928<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/208.|}} f. 208.</ref>{{NLFeb29|p. 279}}|end=3 March, 1930<ref>Martin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/208.|}} f. 208.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Denys Royds Brocklebank|nick=Denys R. Brocklebank|appt=3 March, 1930<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/112.|}} f. 112.</ref>{{NLJul31|p. 278}}|end=2 May, 1932<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/112.|}} f. 112.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stuart Erskine Crewe-Read|nick=Stuart E. Crewe-Read|appt=2 May, 1932<ref>Crewe-Read Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/38.|}} f. 38.</ref>{{NLJul34|p. 283}}|end=1933<ref>Crewe-Read Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/38.|}} f. 38.  Full date not legible.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Graham Stewart|nick=Richard G. Stewart|appt=31 August, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 283}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Mark Fogg-Elliott|nick=Mark Fogg-Elliott|appt=5 May, 1936<ref>Fogg-Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/96.|}} f. 96.</ref>{{NavAppts|7 May 1936, p. 29}}|end=10 September, 1936<ref>Fogg-Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/96.|}} f. 96.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John William Musgrave Eaton|nick=John W. M. Eaton|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4247}}|end=13 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4247}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Guy Robert Pilcher|nick=Guy R. Pilcher|appt=13 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4247}}|end=20 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4247}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Henry Eaden|nick=John H. Eaden|appt=20 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4247}}|end=27 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4247}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Bernulf Henry de Clegg Mellor|nick=Bernulf H. de C. Mellor|appt=27 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4247}}|end=25 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4247}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Desmond Lisburn Curtis Craig|nick=Desmond L. C. Craig|appt=25 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4247}}|end=19 October, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4247}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship lost to mine under his command}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:15, 22 December 2021

H.M.S. Venetia (1917)
Pendant Number: F.9A (1917)
F.93 (Jan 1918)
F.14 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Launched: 29 Oct, 1917[3]
Completed: 19 Dec, 1917[4]
Mined: 19 Oct, 1940[5]

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

Service

Venetia joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in January, 1918.[6] As part of this formation, she supported the Grand Fleet through the end of the war. In February, 1919, she moved to join the new-fangled Second Destroyer Flotilla.

She re-commissioned on 25 August, 1920.[7]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 15 September, 1924.[8]

Paid off into Dockyard Control at Devonport on 19 May, 1927.[9]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 30 March, 1928.[10]

Venetia again re-commissioned at Devonport on 19 November, 1929.[11]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 14 June, 1932 for work with the Second Submarine Flotilla.[12]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 31 August, 1934 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla of the Home Fleet under Lt. Cdr. Richard Graham Stewart.[13]

In 1935, her bell was one of several ships' bells the Royal Navy offered for sale to officers and others interested. It attracted a price of £1-£5, and men were to apply to win one at the fixed price, stating any special attachment or claim they had to the item(s) applied for.[14]

Reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 27 October 1936.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  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. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1918). p. 12.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1926). p. 279a.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 279.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 278.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 283.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 283.
  14. ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Aug 10, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47139.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 283.
  16. ↑ Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/170. ff. ?, 177.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 880.
  18. ↑ Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/170. ff. ?, 177.
  19. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/225. f. ?.
  20. ↑ Troup Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/225. f. ?.
  21. ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 828.
  23. ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  24. ↑ Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 279.
  26. ↑ Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  27. ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 279a.
  29. ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
  30. ↑ Colvin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/170. f. 169.
  31. ↑ Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/208. f. 208.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 279.
  33. ↑ Martin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/208. f. 208.
  34. ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/112. f. 112.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 278.
  36. ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/112. f. 112.
  37. ↑ Crewe-Read Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/38. f. 38.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 283.
  39. ↑ Crewe-Read Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/38. f. 38. Full date not legible.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 283.
  41. ↑ Fogg-Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/96. f. 96.
  42. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 7 May 1936, p. 29.
  43. ↑ Fogg-Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/96. f. 96.
  44. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. ↑ 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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