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Revision as of 14:35, 21 April 2017
| H.M.S. Versatile (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.29 (1917) G.10 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie[2] |
| Launched: | 31 Oct, 1917[3] |
| Completed: | 11 Feb, 1918[4] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Versatile was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Versatile joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla in February, 1918[5] and remained with that formation until it was disbanded in March, 1919, at which point she was allocated along with the Eleventh's other "V"s to the new First Destroyer Flotilla.[6]
She re-commissioned on 10 December, 1920.[7]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Gerald C. Wynter, 19 January, 1918[8]
- Commander Victor L. A. Campbell, 6 December, 1920[9]
- Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 14 September, 1922[10][11] – 21 May, 1923[12]
- Commander John Fawcett, April, 1923[13] – 7 February, 1926[14]
- Commander Alexander L. Fletcher, 9 February, 1926[15] – 1 April, 1926[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander Martin J. C. de Meric, 1 May, 1926[17] – 31 March, 1927[18]
- Commander Colin S. Thomson, 31 March, 1927[19] – 20 April, 1927[20]
- Commander Colin S. Thomson, June, 1927[21][22] – March, 1929[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter N. T. Beckett, March, 1929[24] – 25 June, 1929[25]
- Commander Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke, 25 June, 1929 – November, 1930
- Commander John H. Jauncey, 12 June, 1940[26] – 25 April, 1941[27]
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.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 831.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432. Date is that of re-commissioning of Vesper.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
- ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
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