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''Vansittart'' was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Crew on 2 May, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 277}} | ''Vansittart'' was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Crew on 2 May, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 277}} | ||
Reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 27 May, 1932.{{NLJul37|p. 282}} | |||
In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}} | |||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Bush|nick=Charles F. Bush|appt=18 October, 1919<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 879''b''}}|end=May, 1921<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>|note=and for duty with Captain Superintendent, T.B.Ds.|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Bush|nick=Charles F. Bush|appt=18 October, 1919<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 879''b''}}|end=May, 1921<ref>Bush Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>|note=and for duty with Captain Superintendent, T.B.Ds.|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=14 July, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 827}}|end=July, 1923<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=14 July, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 827}}|end=July, 1923<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edmund Francis FitzGerald|nick=Edmund F. FitzGerald|appt=9 July, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 279}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edmund Francis FitzGerald|nick=Edmund F. FitzGerald|appt=9 July, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 279}}|end=March, 1925<ref>FitzGerald Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/18.|}} f. 370.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Langton Cavaye|nick=Frederick L. Cavaye|appt=10 March, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 279}}<ref>Cavaye Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/100.|D7605511}} f. 99.</ref>|end=9 March, 1927<ref>Cavaye Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/100.|D7605511}} f. 99.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Langton Cavaye|nick=Frederick L. Cavaye|appt=10 March, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 279}}<ref>Cavaye Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/100.|D7605511}} f. 99.</ref>|end=9 March, 1927<ref>Cavaye Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/100.|D7605511}} f. 99.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Harold Young|nick=John H. Young|appt=18 February, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 278}}|end=1929}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Harold Young|nick=John H. Young|appt=18 February, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 278}}|end=1929}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Charles Lucas Mackenzie|nick=Colin C. L. Mackenzie|appt=2 May, 1934|end=c. June, 1934|note=lent for passage to Portsmouth}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Charles Lucas Mackenzie|nick=Colin C. L. Mackenzie|appt=2 May, 1934|end=c. June, 1934|note=lent for passage to Portsmouth}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard George Kirby Knowling|nick=Richard G. K. Knowling|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAlly|1444}}|end=1 October, 1939{{UBAlly|1444}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard George Kirby Knowling|nick=Richard G. K. Knowling|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAlly|1444}}|end=1 October, 1939{{UBAlly|1444}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Michael Culme-Seymour|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=1 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=6 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Charles Bushell|nick=William C. Bushell|appt=6 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=17 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Evershed|nick=Walter Evershed|appt=17 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=30 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Lindsay Stephen Gaisford|nick=Richard L. S. Gaisford|appt=30 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=28 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Johnston|nick=Thomas Johnston|appt=28 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=13 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Hayes|nick=John D. Hayes|appt=13 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=20 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Harry Edgecombe|nick=Harry Edgecombe|appt=30 May, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=mid 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Temporary {{LiCRNR}}|name=Walter James Parker|nick=Walter J. Parker|appt=mid 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=15 July, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{LCommRNVR}}|name=Kennedy Blair Sylvester Brown|nick=Kennedy B. S. Brown|appt=15 July, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=late 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:59, 14 February 2022
| H.M.S. Vansittart (1919) | |
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| Pendant Number: | D.64 (Nov 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | William Beardmore & Company[2] |
| Ordered: | Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3] |
| Launched: | 17 Apr, 1919[4] |
| Completed: | 5 Nov, 1919[5] |
| Commissioned: | 22 Oct, 1919[6] |
| Sold: | 25 Feb, 1946[7] |
H.M.S. Vansittart was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class. She was completed after the war.
Service
Vansittart was commissioned on 22 October, 1919.[8]
She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 8 October, 1923. By March 1925, she was part of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 29 April, 1926 for continued service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]
The ship re-commissioned on 21 August, 1928 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[11]
Vansittart was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Crew on 2 May, 1930.[12]
Reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 27 May, 1932.[13]
In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles F. Bush, 18 October, 1919[15][16] – May, 1921[17] (and for duty with Captain Superintendent, T.B.Ds.)
- Commander Cosmo M. Graham, 14 July, 1921[18] – July, 1923[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edmund F. FitzGerald, 9 July, 1923[20] – March, 1925[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederick L. Cavaye, 10 March, 1925[22][23] – 9 March, 1927[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander John H. Young, 18 February, 1927[25] – 1929
- Lieutenant-Commander Theodore F. A. Voysey, 1 May, 1929[26] – March, 1930[27]
- Captain Thomas B. Drew, March, 1930 – 13 October, 1930
- Lieutenant-Commander Colin C. L. Mackenzie, 2 May, 1934 – c. June, 1934 (lent for passage to Portsmouth)
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard G. K. Knowling, 31 July, 1939[28] – 1 October, 1939[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander Michael Culme-Seymour, 1 October, 1939[30] – 6 November, 1939[31]
- Lieutenant-Commander William C. Bushell, 6 November, 1939[32] – 17 January, 1940[33]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter Evershed, 17 January, 1940[34] – 30 August, 1940[35]
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard L. S. Gaisford, 30 August, 1940[36] – 28 April, 1942[37]
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas Johnston, 28 April, 1942[38] – 13 December, 1943[39]
- Lieutenant-Commander John D. Hayes, 13 December, 1943[40] – 20 March, 1944[41]
- Lieutenant in Command Harry Edgecombe, 30 May, 1944[42] – mid 1944[43]
- Temporary Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Walter J. Parker, mid 1944[44] – 15 July, 1945[45]
- Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander R.N.V.R. Kennedy B. S. Brown, 15 July, 1945[46] – late 1945[47]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 277.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 282.
- ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879b.
- ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 827.
- ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 279.
- ↑ FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/18. f. 370.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
- ↑ Cavaye Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/100. f. 99.
- ↑ Cavaye Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/100. f. 99.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
- ↑ Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
- ↑ Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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