H.M.S. Venomous (1918)

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H.M.S. Venomous (1918)
Pendant Number: G.98 (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 21 Dec, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 28 Apr, 1919[5]
Sold: 4 Mar, 1947[6]

H.M.S. Venomous (originally named H.M.S. Venom) was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.

Service

Venomous was commissioned on 28 April, 1919.[7] Another source gives 24 August, 1919.[8]

She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 8 October, 1923. By March 1925, she was part of Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

Venomous was re-commissioned at Chatham on 30 April 1926 to serve with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

She was re-commissioned on 21 August, 1928.[11]

Reduced to Maintenance Reserve on 10 July, 1930, she would remain so until at least mid-1937.[12]

On 1 December 1932, she left Sheerness for Rosyth,[13] arriving there on the 6th.[14]

On 23 May 1936, she again left Sheerness for Rosyth,[15] arriving there on the 26th.[16]

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. 880. Given as 1918, but clearly a mistake.
  6. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880. Given as 1918, but clearly a mistake.
  8. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 279.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 283.
  13. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 3 Dec. 1932, p. 3.
  14. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 8 Dec. 1932, p. 4.
  15. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 26 May 1936, p. 4.
  16. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), 29 May 1936, p. 20.
  17. Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/124. f. 528.
  18. Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/124. f. 528.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 828.
  20. Gardner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/60. f. 66.
  21. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  22. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  23. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.
  25. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 279.
  26. Chatwin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/125. f. 125.
  27. Chatwin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/125. f. 125.
  28. Heaton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/56. f. 56.
  29. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  30. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1541.
  36. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.
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  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.

Bibliography


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