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She paid off into Reserve at Chatham on 6 May, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 278}}
She paid off into Reserve at Chatham on 6 May, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 278}}
Re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 26 April, 1933 for work with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul34|p. 283}}
In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1.  Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731}}
She commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 October 1936 to serve in the [[Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla]].  On 31 March 1937, Commander [[John Hamilton Macnair|J. H. Macnair]] was placed in command, and also took charge of the Flotilla.{{NLJul37|p. 283}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=30 May, 1922<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 280}}|end=1925<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=30 May, 1922<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 280}}|end=1925<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alexander Maitland Donovan|nick=Alexander M. Donovan|appt=February, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 279''a''}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alexander Maitland Donovan|nick=Alexander M. Donovan|appt=February, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 279''a''}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Meredith Stanton Spalding|nick=Meredith S. Spalding|appt=February, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 279}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Meredith Stanton Spalding|nick=Meredith S. Spalding|appt=23 May, 1927<ref>Spalding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/59.|}} f. 59.</ref>|end=12 November, 1928<ref>Spalding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/59.|}} f. 59.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stuart Austin Buss|nick=Stuart A. Buss|appt=3 February, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 283}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Frank Capel Layard|nick=Arthur F. C. Layard|appt=12 June, 1928<ref>Layard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/182.|}} f. 182.</ref>|end=11 December, 1928<ref>Layard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/182.|}} f. 182.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cecil Athos Newcome Chatwin|nick=Cecil A. N. Chatwin|appt=September, 1929{{NLFeb29|p. 279}}<ref>Chatwin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/125.|}} f. 125.</ref>|end=1 December, 1930<ref>Chatwin Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/125.|}} f. 125.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Venomous}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cecil Wakeford May|nick=Cecil W. May|appt=2 October, 1931<ref>May Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/148/90.|}} f. 90.</ref>|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stuart Austen Buss|nick=Stuart A. Buss|appt=3 February, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 283}}|end=late 1934}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Roderick Cosmo Gordon|nick=Roderick C. Gordon|appt=December, 1934|end=late 1936{{ToL|Command of the Hereward|Saturday, Oct 24, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47514}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Percy James Oliver|nick=Percy J. Oliver|appt=2 September, 1936{{NavAppts|28 Aug. 1936, p. 21}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Hamilton Macnair|nick=John H. Macnair|appt=31 March, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 283}}|end=8 July, 1938<ref>Macnair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/62.|}} f. 62.</ref>|note=and as Senior Officer, Local Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Herbert Wyndham Williams|nick=Herbert W. Williams|appt=8 July, 1938{{ToL|Royal Navy|9 July 1938, p. 18}}|end=30 June, 1939{{INF}}|note=and as Senior Officer, Local Flotilla}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Ronald Mawson Black|nick=Arthur R. M. Black|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}|end=29 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Henry Mills|nick=Robert H. Mills|appt=29 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}|end=7 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Graham Thompson|nick=Charles G. Thompson|appt=7 June, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}|end=August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Charles Poynder Adams|nick=Charles P. Adams|appt=August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}|end=2 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Horncastle|nick=Richard Horncastle|appt=2 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}|end=mid 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Charles Poynder Adams|nick=Charles P. Adams|appt=May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}|end=August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Charles Grenville Cowley|nick=Charles G. Cowley|appt=August, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}|end=June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Lawrence Henry Phillips|nick=Lawrence H. Phillips|appt=June, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}|end=late 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4274}}}}
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Latest revision as of 14:57, 11 November 2021

H.M.S. Verity (1919)
Pendant Number: F.36 (Sep 1919)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 19 Mar, 1919[4]
Commissioned: 11 Sep, 1919[5]
Sold: 4 Mar, 1947[6]

H.M.S. Verity was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.

Service

Verity was commissioned/completed on either 11[7] or 17 September, [8] 1919.

She was re-commissioned on 6 July, 1923. By March 1925 she was with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

Paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 29 October, 1928.[10]

She paid off into Reserve at Chatham on 6 May, 1931.[11]

Re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 26 April, 1933 for work with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[12]

In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1. Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.[13]

She commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 October 1936 to serve in the Portsmouth Local Destroyer Flotilla. On 31 March 1937, Commander J. H. Macnair was placed in command, and also took charge of the Flotilla.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881.
  8. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 279.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 278.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 283.
  13. ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 283.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 881.
  16. ↑ Gourley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/33. f. 38.
  17. ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
  18. ↑ Inferred from Curteis's record and a cancelled appointment for Bernard that month.
  19. ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
  20. ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
  21. ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 280.
  23. ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 279a.
  25. ↑ Spalding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/59. f. 59.
  26. ↑ Spalding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/59. f. 59.
  27. ↑ Layard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/182. f. 182.
  28. ↑ Layard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/182. f. 182.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 279.
  30. ↑ Chatwin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/125. f. 125.
  31. ↑ Chatwin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/125. f. 125.
  32. ↑ May Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/148/90. f. 90.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 283.
  34. ↑ "Command of the Hereward." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Oct 24, 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47514.
  35. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 28 Aug. 1936, p. 21.
  36. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 283.
  37. ↑ Macnair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/62. f. 62.
  38. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 9 July 1938, p. 18.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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 ship.
  49. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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