H.M.S. Viscount (1917)
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| H.M.S. Viscount (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | G.24 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company[2] |
| Launched: | 29 Dec, 1917[3] |
| Completed: | 4 Mar, 1918[4] |
| Commissioned: | 13 Aug, 1920[5] |
| Sold: | 20 Mar, 1945[6] |
H.M.S. Viscount was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Viscount commissioned at Portsmouth on 13 August, 1920.[7]
She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 September, 1924. By March, 1925 she was with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]
Viscount was re-commissioned at the Nore on 27 May, 1927 to join Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]
The ship was re-commissioned at Chatham on 10 December, 1929 once again to work with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]
She was paid off into the Reserve at Chatham on 12 April, 1932.[11]
Re-commissioned on 14 March, 1934 for duty with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla.[12]
She commissioned at Chatham on 24 September 1936 to serve with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla.[13]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander William G. A. Shuttleworth, 25 February, 1918[14] – 16 April, 1919[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander John M. Porter, 16 April, 1919[16][17] – 18 June, 1920[18]
- Commander James V. Creagh, 13 August, 1920[19] – 6 May, 1921[20]
- Commander (I, Gr.) Thomas C. C. Bolster, 6 May, 1921[21] – 2 June, 1922[22] (and as Acting Interpreter in German)
- Lieutenant-Commander Colin S. Thomson, 2 June, 1922[23][24] – 8 April, 1924[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Vincent P. Freeman, 8 April, 1924[26] – 25 January, 1926
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas B. Hill, 1 May, 1926[27] – May, 1928[28]
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey C. Fryer, 9 April, 1928[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander John R. N. Taylor, 1 August, 1930[30]
- Commander George R. Deverell, 14 March, 1934[31] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander James P. Gornall, 19 July, 1935[32] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Peter G. L. Cazalet, 22 January, 1937[33] (and for duty with submarines)
- Acting Commander Vernon Hammersley-Heenan, 15 June, 1939[34] – 17 June, 1939[35]
- Lieutenant in Command Michael S. Townsend, 24 August, 1939[36] – mid 1941[37]
- Lieutenant-Commander John V. Waterhouse, 9 December, 1941[38] – 18 July, 1943[39]
- Lieutenant-Commander Leslie E. Woodhouse, 18 July, 1943[40] – early 1945[41]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 936.
- ↑ Shuttleworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/165. f. 569.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
- ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
- ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 836.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 283.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.
- ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
- ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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