H.M.S. Vanessa (1918)

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H.M.S. Vanessa (1918)
Pendant Number: G.18 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Beardmore[2]
Launched: 16 Mar, 1918[3]
Completed: 27 Apr, 1918[4]
Sold:

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

Service

In May 1918, Vanessa joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla, operating with the Grand Fleet.[5]

Vanessa re-commissioned on 3 October, 1918.[6]

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. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1918). p. 12.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
  7. Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  8. Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 879b.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879b.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 827.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 279.
  13. Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM196/146. f. 1.
  14. Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM196/146. f. 1.

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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