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Revision as of 11:58, 7 April 2016
H.M.S. Veteran (1919) | |
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Pendant Number: | D.72 (Nov 1919)[1] |
Builder: | John Brown[2] |
Ordered: | Apr, 1918 (2nd Order)[3] |
Launched: | 26 Apr, 1919[4] |
Completed: | 13 Nov, 1919[5] |
Commissioned: | 30 Oct, 1919[6] |
Torpedoed: | 26 Sep, 1942[7] |
Fate: | by U-404 in North Atlantic |
H.M.S. Veteran was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class. She was completed after the war.
Service
Commissioned on 30 October, 1919.[8]
Equipment
In 1923, she was one of five destroyers and flotilla leader types to be given new, opalescent glass dials with 16 orders for their Chadburn's Torpedo Telegraphs, an increase from the 12 orders in the original design. They required new gearing to match. It was resolved that further installations of this type should occur "as soon as financial conditions permit of it."[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter H. G. Fallowfield, 29 October, 1919[10]
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas C. A. H. Ouchterlony, 1 July, 1923[11]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1923. p. 136.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 281.
Bibliography
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