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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.}} | {{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}} | ||
{{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>}} | |||
{{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}} | {{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}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=30 April, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 881}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=30 April, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 881}}|end=}} | ||
Revision as of 13:41, 25 July 2016
| H.M.S. Verdun (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.2A (1917) F.91 (Jan 1918) F.16 (Sep 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie[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]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Geoffrey Corlett, October, 1917[8] – 17 October, 1917[9]
- Commander Evelyn C. O. Thomson, 16 October, 1917[10] – 30 April, 1919[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander James R. C. Cavendish, 26 July, 1918[12] – September, 1918[13] (temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander Colin S. Thomson, 30 April, 1919[14]
- Lieutenant-Commander Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin, 20 November, 1921[15] – 22 August, 1922[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander Franklin Ratsey, 25 August, 1922[17] – 16 January, 1923[Inference]
- Lieutenant-Commander John M. Porter, 16 January, 1923[18] – 12 December, 1923[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 12 December, 1923[20]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881. I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881. I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
- ↑ Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 925a.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
- ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881.
- ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
- ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 829.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 280.
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