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''Venomous'' was one of 15 destroyers of the [[Modified "W" Class Destroyer (1918)|Modified W]] class.
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'''H.M.S. ''Venomous''''' (originally named '''H.M.S. ''Venom''''') was one of fifteen destroyers of the [[Modified "W" Class Destroyer (1918)|Modified "W" class]].
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==Service==
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''Venomous'' was commissioned on 28 April, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 880.  Given as 1918, but clearly a mistake}}  Another source gives 24 August, 1919.{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 312}}
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She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 8 October, 1923.  By March 1925, she was part of {{UK-DF|4}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 280}}
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''Venomous'' was re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 April 1926 to serve with the {{UK-DF|4}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul27|p. 279}}
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She was re-commissioned on 21 August, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 279}}
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Reduced to Maintenance Reserve on 10 July, 1930, she would remain so until at least mid-1937.{{NLJul37|p. 283}}
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On 1 December 1932, she left Sheerness for Rosyth,{{MoS|3 Dec. 1932, p. 3}} arriving there on the 6th.{{MoS|8 Dec. 1932, p. 4}}
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On 23 May 1936, she again left Sheerness for Rosyth,{{MoS|26 May 1936, p. 4}} arriving there on the 26th.{{MoS|29 May 1936, p. 20}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Somerville Peregrine Brownlow Russell|nick=Somerville P. B. Russell|appt=24 April, 1919<ref>Russell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/124.|D7604028}} f. 528.</ref>|end=May, 1921<ref>Russell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/124.|D7604028}} f. 528.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lewes George Gardner|nick=Lewes G. Gardner|appt=14 July, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 828}}|end=October, 1923<ref>Gardner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/60.|D7604815}} f. 66.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donal Scott McGrath|nick=Donal S. McGrath|appt=October, 1923<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>|end=December, 1924<ref>McGrath Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/96.|D7605507}} f. 95.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lawrence Frederick Nelson Ommanney|nick=Lawrence F. N. Ommanney|appt=13 December, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 280}}|end=January, 1927}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke|nick=Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke|appt=11 December, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 279}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cecil Athos Newcome Chatwin|nick=Cecil A. N. Chatwin|appt=5 January, 1929{{NLFeb29|p. 279}}<ref>Chatwin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/125.|}} f. 125.</ref>|end=September, 1929<ref>Chatwin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/125.|}} f. 125.</ref>|note=transferred out to {{UK-Verity}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Edward Heaton|nick=Hugh E. Heaton|appt=5 June, 1930<ref>Heaton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/56.|}}  f. 56.</ref>|end=|note=temporary, for trials}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Donald George Frederick Wyville MacIntyre|nick=Donald G. F. W. MacIntyre|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}|end=8 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Edwin Home McBeath|nick=John E. H. McBeath|appt=8 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}|end=23 December, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Harold Pitcairn Henderson|nick=Harold P. Henderson|appt=23 December, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}|end=3 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh William Falcon-Steward|nick=Hugh W. Falcon-Steward|appt=3 July, 1941{{NLDec41|p. 1541}}|end=26 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (emergency)|name=Christopher John Henry Roper-Curzon|nick=Lord Teynham|appt=26 March, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}|end=April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh William Falcon-Steward|nick=Hugh W. Falcon-Steward|appt=April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}|end=18 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=David Hugh Maitland-Makgill-Crichton|nick=David H. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton|appt=18 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}|end=18 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Henry Dumaresq Durell|nick=Henry D. Durell|appt=18 February, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}|end=late 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{LCommRNVR}}|name=Arnold Derek Arthur Lawson|nick=Arnold D. A. Lawson|appt=1 August, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}|end=6 February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{LCommRNVR}}|name=Arthur Guyon Prideaux|nick=Arthur G. Prideaux|appt=6 February, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4273}}}}
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* Moore, Robert J.  ''A Hard Fought Ship: The Story of HMS Venomous'' {{AmUSUK|Hard+Fought+Ship+Venomous}}
 
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Latest revision as of 17:39, 13 November 2022

H.M.S. Venomous (1918)
Pendant Number: G.98 (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 21 Dec, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 28 Apr, 1919[5]
Sold: 4 Mar, 1947[6]

H.M.S. Venomous (originally named H.M.S. Venom) was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.

Service

Venomous was commissioned on 28 April, 1919.[7] Another source gives 24 August, 1919.[8]

She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 8 October, 1923. By March 1925, she was part of Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

Venomous was re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 April 1926 to serve with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

She was re-commissioned on 21 August, 1928.[11]

Reduced to Maintenance Reserve on 10 July, 1930, she would remain so until at least mid-1937.[12]

On 1 December 1932, she left Sheerness for Rosyth,[13] arriving there on the 6th.[14]

On 23 May 1936, she again left Sheerness for Rosyth,[15] arriving there on the 26th.[16]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880. Given as 1918, but clearly a mistake.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880. Given as 1918, but clearly a mistake.
  8. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 279.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 283.
  13. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 3 Dec. 1932, p. 3.
  14. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 8 Dec. 1932, p. 4.
  15. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 26 May 1936, p. 4.
  16. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 29 May 1936, p. 20.
  17. ↑ Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/124. f. 528.
  18. ↑ Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/124. f. 528.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 828.
  20. ↑ Gardner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/60. f. 66.
  21. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  22. ↑ McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 279.
  26. ↑ Chatwin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/125. f. 125.
  27. ↑ Chatwin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/125. f. 125.
  28. ↑ Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/56. f. 56.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1541.
  36. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.

Bibliography


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