H.M.S. Veteran (1919)
H.M.S. Veteran (1919) | |
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Pendant Number: | D.72 (Nov 1919)[1] |
Builder: | John Brown & Company[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
Veteran was commissioned on 30 October, 1919.[8]
She was re-commissioned on 6 July, 1923.[9]
She was re-commissioned on 2 February, 1926.[10]
Veteran was re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1928.[11]
The ship re-commissioned with Reserve complement at Chatham on 24 April, 1930.[12]
She re-commissioned at Chatham on 11 December, 1931.[13]
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."[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter H. G. Fallowfield, 29 October, 1919[15][16] – May, 1921[17]
- Commander Cecil H. H. Sams, June, 1921 – 2 January, 1922
- Commander William J. Whitworth, 3 January, 1922[18] – April, 1922[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles F. Bush, April, 1922[20] – 6 June, 1923[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas C. A. H. Ouchterlony, 1 July, 1923[22] – 25 October, 1924
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles F. Bush, 25 October, 1924[23] – May, 1925
- Lieutenant-Commander (I Rs.) Henry Clanchy, 22 April, 1925[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles V. S. J. Marsden, 20 May, 1927[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frank C. Husband-Clutton, 14 February, 1932[26]
- Commander Walter T. Couchman, c. 1941
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 283.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1923. p. 136.
- ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 283.
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