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H.M.S. Versatile (1917)
Pendant Number:	F.29 (1917) G.10 (Jan 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Hawthorn Leslie & Company^[2]
Launched:	31 Oct, 1917^[3]
Completed:	11 Feb, 1918^[4]
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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]

Versatile rammed and sank the submerged submarine H 42 with all hands during Atlantic Fleet operations near Gibraltar on 23 March, 1922, suffering damage which required repair in Gibraltar.

She re-commissioned on 3 May, 1923.^[8]

She was re-commissioned on 6 January, 1926.^[9]

She commissioned for trials at Chatham on 25 May, 1927 and took up service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.^[10]

The destroyer was re-commissioned at the Nore on 4 September, 1928.^[11]

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 November, 1930 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.^[12]

Commissioned in Reserve at The Nore on 15 July, 1932.^[13]

Re-commissioned on 11 January, 1933 for continued service with 5 D.F., now part of the Home Fleet.^[14]

Reduced to Reserve at The Nore on 1 September, 1936.^[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander Gerald C. Wynter, 19 January, 1918^[16] – November, 1920
Commander Evelyn H. B. L. Scrivener, 19 May, 1920 – 14 June, 1920 (temporary)
Commander Victor L. A. Campbell, 6 December, 1920^[17]^[18] – 14 September, 1922^[19]
Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 14 September, 1922^[20]^[21] – 21 May, 1923^[22]
Commander John Fawcett, April, 1923^[23]^[24] – 7 February, 1926^[25]
Commander Alexander L. Fletcher, 9 February, 1926^[26] – 1 April, 1926^[27]
Lieutenant-Commander Martin J. C. de Meric, 1 May, 1926^[28] – 31 March, 1927^[29]
Commander Colin S. Thomson, 31 March, 1927^[30] – 20 April, 1927^[31]
Commander Colin S. Thomson, June, 1927^[32]^[33] – March, 1929^[34]
Lieutenant-Commander Walter N. T. Beckett, March, 1929^[35] – 25 June, 1929^[36]
Commander Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke, 25 June, 1929 – November, 1930
Captain John F. B. Carslake, 8 November, 1930^[37]
Captain Claude P. Hermon-Hodge, 4 August, 1931 – 10 August, 1932
Commander John H. Jauncey, 12 June, 1940^[38] – 25 April, 1941^[39]
Commander Rhoderick R. McGrigor, 10 August, 1932^[40]
Commander Cecil B. Turner, 8 January, 1934^[41]
Lieutenant (in Command?) Francis A. L. H. Watson, 1 August, 1935^[42]
Lieutenant-Commander Charles A. de W. Kitcat, September, 1938^[43]
Commander (retired) Thomas A. Hussey, 15 June, 1939^[44] – June, 1940^[45]
Commander (retired) John H. Jauncey, June, 1940^[46] – 29 April, 1941^[47]
Lieutenant-Commander Jack B. Palmer, 29 April, 1941^[48] – November, 1942^[49]
Lieutenant in Command Denis G. D. Hall-Wright, November, 1942^[50] – early 1943^[51]
Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey S. Corlett, 1 September, 1943^[52] – December, 1943^[53]
Lieutenant in Command Gilbert C. Potter, December, 1943^[54] – 3 October, 1944^[55]
Lieutenant in Command Alfred L. Harper, 3 October, 1944^[56] – mid 1945^[57]

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. (April, 1925). p. 281.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). 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. (October, 1935). p. 285.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 285.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 883.
↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.
↑ 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.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.
↑ 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.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.
↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 283.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.
↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 14 Sept. 1938, p. 15.
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Bibliography

"V" Class Destroyer

Admiralty Design

Vancouver

Vanessa

Vanity

Vanquisher

Vanoc

Vega

Velox

Vehement

Venturous

Vendetta

Venetia

Verdun

Versatile

Verulam

Vesper

Vidette

Violent

Vimiera

Vittoria

Vivacious

Vivien

Vortigern

Vectis

Thornycroft Specials

Viceroy

Viscount

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"R" Class

Destroyers (UK)

"W" Class

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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.

[4] Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.

[5] Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 12.

[6] Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 11.

[7] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.

[8] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.

[9] The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 281.

[10] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.

[11] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 280.

[12] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.

[13] The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.

[14] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.

[15] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 285.

[16] The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 883.

[17] Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.

[18] The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.

[19] Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.

[20] Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.

[21] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 831.

[22] Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.

[23] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.

[24] Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.

[25] Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.

[26] Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.

[27] Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.

[28] Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.

[29] Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.

[30] Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.

[31] Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432. Date is that of re-commissioning of Vesper.

[32] Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.

[33] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.

[34] Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.

[35] Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.

[36] Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.

[37] The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.

[38] Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.

[39] Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.

[40] The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 283.

[41] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.

[42] The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.

[43] "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 14 Sept. 1938, p. 15.

[44] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[45] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[46] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[47] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[48] Uboat.net page on the man.

[49] Uboat.net page on the man.

[50] Uboat.net page on the ship.

[51] Uboat.net page on the ship.

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