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Latest revision as of 15:46, 12 December 2021

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]
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]

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.

See Also

Footnotes

  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. ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  29. ↑ de 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. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 19 Feb. 1927, p. 4.
  32. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432. Date is that of re-commissioning of Vesper.
  33. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
  35. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  36. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  37. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  38. ↑ Carslake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/161. f. 519.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.
  40. ↑ Carslake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/161. f. 519.
  41. ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  42. ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  43. ↑ McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
  44. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 283.
  45. ↑ McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
  46. ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/22. f. 22.
  47. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
  48. ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/22. f. 22.
  49. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.
  50. ↑ Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/76. f. 76.
  51. ↑ Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/76. f. 76.
  52. ↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
  53. ↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
  54. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 14 Sept. 1938, p. 15.
  55. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  60. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  61. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  62. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  63. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  64. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  65. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  66. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  67. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  68. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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