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She was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 23 November, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 279''a''}} | She was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 23 November, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 279''a''}} | ||
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| + | She re-commissioned with Reserve Crew at Sheerness on 15 September, 1926.{{NLJul27|p. 279}} | ||
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| + | ''Verdun'' commissioned on 18 November, 1927 and joined the Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth.{{NLJul37|p. 283}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=30 April, 1919<ref>Thomson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 881}}|end=20 November, 1921<ref>Thomson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=30 April, 1919<ref>Thomson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 881}}|end=20 November, 1921<ref>Thomson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin|nick=Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin|appt=20 November, 1921<ref>Wyndham-Quin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/322.|D7605407}} f. 696.</ref>|end=22 August, 1922<ref>Wyndham-Quin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/322.|D7605407}} f. 696.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin|nick=Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin|appt=20 November, 1921<ref>Wyndham-Quin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/322.|D7605407}} f. 696.</ref>|end=22 August, 1922<ref>Wyndham-Quin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/322.|D7605407}} f. 696.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robin Edmund Jeffreys|nick=Robin E. Jeffreys|appt=18 August, 1922<ref>Jeffreys Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/7.|}} f. 6.</ref>|end=25 August, 1922<ref>Jeffreys Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/7.|}} f. 6.</ref>|note=temporary}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Franklin Ratsey|nick=Franklin Ratsey|appt=25 August, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 829}}|end=16 January, 1923}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Franklin Ratsey|nick=Franklin Ratsey|appt=25 August, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 829}}|end=16 January, 1923}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Mansel Porter|nick=John M. Porter|appt=16 January, 1923<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>|end=12 December, 1923<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Mansel Porter|nick=John M. Porter|appt=16 January, 1923<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>|end=12 December, 1923<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=12 December, 1923<ref>Snepp Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/553.|D8123388}} f. 553.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 280}}|end=2 December, 1924<ref>Snepp Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/553.|D8123388}} f. 553.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hamilton Edward Snepp|nick=Hamilton E. Snepp|appt=12 December, 1923<ref>Snepp Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/553.|D8123388}} f. 553.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 280}}|end=2 December, 1924<ref>Snepp Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/144/553.|D8123388}} f. 553.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Herbert Owen|nick=Herbert Owen|appt=3 December, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 280}}|end=23 November, 1925}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Herbert Owen|nick=Herbert Owen|appt=3 December, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 280}}|end=23 November, 1925}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Jack Cartwright|nick=Francis J. Cartwright|appt=20 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Charles Behague|nick=Alfred C. Behague|appt=November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=12 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Spooner Donald|nick=William S. Donald|appt=12 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=4 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Derry Parsons|nick=Derry Parsons|appt=4 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=March 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ronald Cameron Henley|nick=Ronald C. Henley|appt=March 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:47, 25 August 2020
| H.M.S. Verdun (1917) | |
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| Pendant Number: | F.2A (1917) F.91 (Jan 1918) F.16 (Sep 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2] |
| Launched: | 21 Aug, 1917[3] |
| Commissioned: | 16 Oct, 1917[4] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Verdun was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Verdun was completed/commissioned on either 16 October, 1917[5] or 3 November.[6]
She was assigned to the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in October.[7]
Verdun was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 4 December, 1923.[8]
She was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 23 November, 1925.[9]
She re-commissioned with Reserve Crew at Sheerness on 15 September, 1926.[10]
Verdun commissioned on 18 November, 1927 and joined the Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Geoffrey Corlett, October, 1917[12] – 17 October, 1917[13]
- Commander Evelyn C. O. Thomson, 16 October, 1917[14] – 30 April, 1919[15]
- Lieutenant in Command Edward T. W. Church, 18 April, 1918 – April, 1918 (temporary, while Thomson is sick)
- Lieutenant-Commander James R. C. Cavendish, 26 July, 1918[16] – September, 1918[17] (temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander Colin S. Thomson, 30 April, 1919[18][19] – 20 November, 1921[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin, 20 November, 1921[21] – 22 August, 1922[22]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robin E. Jeffreys, 18 August, 1922[23] – 25 August, 1922[24] (temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander Franklin Ratsey, 25 August, 1922[25] – 16 January, 1923
- Lieutenant-Commander John M. Porter, 16 January, 1923[26] – 12 December, 1923[27]
- Lieutenant-Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 12 December, 1923[28][29] – 2 December, 1924[30]
- Lieutenant-Commander Herbert Owen, 3 December, 1924[31] – 23 November, 1925
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis J. Cartwright, 20 May, 1940[32] – November, 1940[33]
- Commander Alfred C. Behague, November, 1940[34] – 12 July, 1941[35]
- Lieutenant-Commander William S. Donald, 12 July, 1941[36] – 4 May, 1943[37]
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. Derry Parsons, 4 May, 1943[38] – March 1945[39]
- Lieutenant in Command Ronald C. Henley, March 1945[40] – mid 1945[41]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881. I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881. I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 279a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 283.
- ↑ Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
- ↑ Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 925a.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
- ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
- ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
- ↑ Jeffreys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/7. f. 6.
- ↑ Jeffreys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/7. f. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 829.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 280.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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