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'''H.M.S. ''Verdun''''' was one of twenty-five destroyers of the [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|"V" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Verdun''''' was one of twenty-five [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|"V" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
''Verdun'' was commissioned on 16 October, 1917{{NLJan21|p. 881.  I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo}} and was assigned to the {{UK-DF|13}} that same month.{{SMNLOct17|p. 12}}
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''Verdun'' was completed/commissioned on either 16 October, 1917{{NLJan21|p. 881.  I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo}} or 3 November.{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 312}}
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She was assigned to the {{UK-DF|13}} in October.{{SMNLOct17|p. 12}}
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''Verdun'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 4 December, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 280}}
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She was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 23 November, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 279''a''}}
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She re-commissioned with Reserve Crew at Sheerness on 15 September, 1926.{{NLJul27|p. 279}}
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''Verdun'' commissioned on 18 November, 1927 and joined the Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth.{{NLJul37|p. 283}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{CommRN}} [[Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson|Evelyn C. O. Thomson]], D.S.O.,16 October, 1917.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (February 1919).  p. 926.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Corlett|nick=Geoffrey Corlett|appt=October, 1917<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.|D7603754}} f. 252.</ref>|end=17 October, 1917<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.|D7603754}} f. 252.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[Colin Sinclair Thomson]], 30 April, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 881.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson|nick=Evelyn C. O. Thomson|appt=16 October, 1917{{NLMay19|p. 925''a''}}|end=30 April, 1919<ref>Thomson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Theobald Walsh Church|nick=Edward T. W. Church|appt=18 April, 1918|end=April, 1918|note=temporary, while Thomson is sick}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|nick=James R. C. Cavendish|appt=26 July, 1918<ref>Cavendish Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>|end=September, 1918<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=30 April, 1919<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 881}}|end=20 November, 1921<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin|nick=Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin|appt=20 November, 1921<ref>Wyndham-Quin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/322.|D7605407}} f. 696.</ref>|end=22 August, 1922<ref>Wyndham-Quin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/322.|D7605407}} f. 696.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robin Edmund Jeffreys|nick=Robin E. Jeffreys|appt=18 August, 1922<ref>Jeffreys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/7.|}} f. 6.</ref>|end=25 August, 1922<ref>Jeffreys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/7.|}} f. 6.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Franklin Ratsey|nick=Franklin Ratsey|appt=25 August, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 829}}|end=16 January, 1923}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Mansel Porter|nick=John M. Porter|appt=16 January, 1923<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>|end=12 December, 1923<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=12 December, 1923<ref>Snepp Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/553.|D8123388}} f. 553.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 280}}|end=2 December, 1924<ref>Snepp Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/553.|D8123388}} f. 553.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Herbert Owen|nick=Herbert Owen|appt=3 December, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 280}}|end=23 November, 1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Jack Cartwright|nick=Francis J. Cartwright|appt=20 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Charles Behague|nick=Alfred C. Behague|appt=November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=12 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Spooner Donald|nick=William S. Donald|appt=12 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=4 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Derry Parsons|nick=Derry Parsons|appt=4 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=March 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ronald Cameron Henley|nick=Ronald C. Henley|appt=March 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 07:47, 25 August 2020

H.M.S. Verdun (1917)
Pendant Number: F.2A (1917)
F.91 (Jan 1918)
F.16 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Launched: 21 Aug, 1917[3]
Commissioned: 16 Oct, 1917[4]
Sold:

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

Service

Verdun was completed/commissioned on either 16 October, 1917[5] or 3 November.[6]

She was assigned to the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in October.[7]

Verdun was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 4 December, 1923.[8]

She was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 23 November, 1925.[9]

She re-commissioned with Reserve Crew at Sheerness on 15 September, 1926.[10]

Verdun commissioned on 18 November, 1927 and joined the Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth.[11]

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. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881. I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881. I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo.
  6. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  7. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 12.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 279a.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 283.
  12. Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  13. Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  14. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 925a.
  15. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  16. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  17. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  18. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881.
  20. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  21. Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  22. Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  23. Jeffreys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/7. f. 6.
  24. Jeffreys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/7. f. 6.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 829.
  26. Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  27. Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  28. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  29. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 280.
  30. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  31. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
  32. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.

Bibliography


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