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|pend=F.8A (1917)<br>F.27 (Jan 1918)<br>H.4A (Jun 1918)<br>F.84 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}}
 
|pend=F.8A (1917)<br>F.27 (Jan 1918)<br>H.4A (Jun 1918)<br>F.84 (Sep 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}}
 
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She paid off on 7 November, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 279}}
 
She paid off on 7 November, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 279}}
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She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 November, 1925.{{NLJul31|p. 277}}
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Re-commissioned on 31 August, 1933.{{NLJul34|p. 282}}
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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}}
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She was comissioned for trials at Chatham with special complement on 3 September 1935 under Lt. Cdr. [[John Bostock]].{{NLOct35|p. 282}}
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 22 September 1936 for service in the [[Gibraltar Local Defence Flotilla]].{{NLJul37|p. 282}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Vanoc''">
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Owen Tudor|nick=Henry O. Tudor|appt=27 July, 1917{{NLMar20|p. 879''b''}}|end=5 February, 1920|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edward Owen Tudor|nick=Edward O. Tudor|appt=27 July, 1917{{NLMar20|p. 879''b''}}|end=5 February, 1920|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Arthur Trepess|nick=Francis A. Trepess|appt=27 October, 1926|end=10 November, 1927}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke|nick=Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke|appt=2 November, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 279}}|end=27 October, 1926}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Terence Ackley Fitzmaurice Longford|nick=Terence A. F. Longford|appt=c. December, 1928<ref>Longford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/15.|D7576693}} f. 15.</ref>|end=21 May, 1929<ref>Longford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/15.|D7576693}} f. 15.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Arthur Trepess|nick=Francis A. Trepess|appt=27 October, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 278}}|end=10 November, 1927}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Chaigneau Colvill|nick=James C. Colvill|appt=21 May, 1929<ref>Colvill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/7.|D7605763}} f. 7.</ref>|end=5 August, 1931<ref>Colvill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/7.|D7605763}} f. 7.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Terence Ackley Fitzmaurice Longford|nick=Terence A. F. Longford|appt=November, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 278}}|end=21 May, 1929<ref>Longford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/15.|D7576693}} f. 15.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Chaigneau Colvill|nick=James C. Colvill|appt=21 May, 1929{{NLJul31|p. 277}}<ref>Colvill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/7.|D7605763}} f. 7.</ref>|end=5 August, 1931<ref>Colvill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/7.|D7605763}} f. 7.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alexander Maitland Donovan|nick=Alexander M. Donovan|appt=6 August, 1931|end=20 April, 1932|note=died while in command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alexander Maitland Donovan|nick=Alexander M. Donovan|appt=6 August, 1931|end=20 April, 1932|note=died while in command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William David Gordon Weir|nick=William D. G. Weir|appt=22 September, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 282}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Bostock Hill|nick=Thomas B. Hill|appt=8 February, 1932<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/102.|}} f. 104.</ref>|end=25 September, 1932<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/102.|}} f. 104.</ref>|note=temporary, for ailing Donovan}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Maurice William Bethell Hervey|nick=Maurice W. B. Hervey|appt=15 September, 1932<ref>Hervey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=30 August, 1933<ref>Hervey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/120/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William David Gordon Weir|nick=William D. G. Weir|appt=22 September, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 282}}|end=|note=and for command of {{UK-Amazon}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Bostock|nick=John Bostock|appt=3 September, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 282}}|end=8 October, 1935<ref>Bostock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/119/91.|}} f. 91.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert St. Vincent Sherbrooke|nick=Robert St. V. Sherbrooke|appt=October, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 282}}|end=31 May, 1937<ref>Sherbrooke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/55.|}} f. 55.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Anthony Paul Colthurst|nick=Anthony P. Colthurst|appt=|end=November, 1938{{ToL|Command of the Vanoc|3 Nov. 1938, p. 20}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Leslie Bratt|nick=Thomas L. Bratt|appt=November, 1938{{ToL|Command of the Vanoc|3 Nov. 1938, p. 20}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=James Godfrey Wood Deneys|nick=James G. W. Deneys|appt=9 February, 1939<ref>Deneys Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/79.|}} f. 79.</ref>{{UBAllyWarship|5456}}|end=15 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5456}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Fraser Harrington Churchill|nick=Charles F. H. Churchill|appt=15 December, 1941|end=June, 1943<ref>Day of month not legible in Service Record preview.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Peter Ronald Ward|nick=Peter R. Ward|appt=September, 1943{{UBAlly|2581}}|end=early 1945{{UBAlly|2581}}}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 12:30, 7 September 2021

H.M.S. Vanoc (1917)
Pendant Number: F.8A (1917)
F.27 (Jan 1918)
H.4A (Jun 1918)
F.84 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Launched: 14 Jun, 1917[3]
Completed: 15 Aug, 1917[4]
Sold:

H.M.S. Vanoc was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

In August, 1917, Vanoc was assigned to the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[5]

She was reduced to Reserve at Devonport on 5 February, 1920.[6]

She paid off on 7 November, 1923.[7]

She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 November, 1925.[8]

Re-commissioned on 31 August, 1933.[9]

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.[10]

She was comissioned for trials at Chatham with special complement on 3 September 1935 under Lt. Cdr. John Bostock.[11]

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 22 September 1936 for service in the Gibraltar Local Defence Flotilla.[12]

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. (August, 1917). p. 12.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
  8. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 277.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 282.
  10. "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 282.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 282.
  13. The Navy List. (March, 1920). p. 879b.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 279.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 278.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
  17. Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.
  18. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 277.
  19. Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  20. Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  21. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. 104.
  22. Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. 104.
  23. Hervey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/147. f. 147.
  24. Hervey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/147. f. 147.
  25. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 282.
  26. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 282.
  27. Bostock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/91. f. 91.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 282.
  29. Sherbrooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/55. f. 55.
  30. "Command of the Vanoc." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1938, p. 20.
  31. "Command of the Vanoc." The Times (London, England), 3 Nov. 1938, p. 20.
  32. Deneys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/79. f. 79.
  33. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. Day of month not legible in Service Record preview.
  36. Uboat.net page on the man.
  37. Uboat.net page on the man.

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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