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'''H.M.S. ''Verdun''''' was one of twenty-five destroyers of the [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|"V" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Verdun''''' was one of twenty-five [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|"V" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Verdun'' was commissioned on 16 October, 1917{{NLJan21|p. 881.  I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo}} and was assigned to the {{UK-DF|13}} that same month.{{SMNLOct17|p. 12}}
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''Verdun'' was completed/commissioned on either 16 October, 1917{{NLJan21|p. 881.  I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo}} or 3 November.{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 312}}
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She was assigned to the {{UK-DF|13}} in October.{{SMNLOct17|p. 12}}
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''Verdun'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 4 December, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 280}}
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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==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson|Evelyn C. O. Thomson]], D.S.O.,16 October, 1917.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (February 1919).  p. 926.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Corlett|nick=Geoffrey Corlett|appt=October, 1917<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.|D7603754}} f. 252.</ref>|end=17 October, 1917<ref>Corlett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/47.|D7603754}} f. 252.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Colin Sinclair Thomson]], 30 April, 1919.<ref>''The Monthly Navy List'', (December 1920).  p. 881.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson|nick=Evelyn C. O. Thomson|appt=16 October, 1917{{NLMay19|p. 925''a''}}|end=30 April, 1919<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Theobald Walsh Church|nick=Edward T. W. Church|appt=18 April, 1918|end=April, 1918|note=temporary, while Thomson is sick}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Robert Carnegie Cavendish|nick=James R. C. Cavendish|appt=26 July, 1918<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>|end=September, 1918<ref>Cavendish Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/19.|D7576678}} ff. 179, 235.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Franklin Ratsey|nick=Franklin Ratsey|appt=25 August, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 829}}|end=16 January, 1923}}
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{{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>}}
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{{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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Herbert Owen|nick=Herbert Owen|appt=3 December, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 280}}|end=23 November, 1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Jack Cartwright|nick=Francis J. Cartwright|appt=20 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alfred Charles Behague|nick=Alfred C. Behague|appt=November, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=12 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Spooner Donald|nick=William S. Donald|appt=12 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=4 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Derry Parsons|nick=Derry Parsons|appt=4 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}|end=March 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4259}}}}
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{{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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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 11:47, 25 August 2020

H.M.S. Verdun (1917)
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.

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. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881. I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881. I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo.
  6. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 12.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 279a.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 283.
  12. ↑ Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  13. ↑ Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 925a.
  15. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  16. ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  17. ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  18. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881.
  20. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  21. ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  22. ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  23. ↑ Jeffreys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/7. f. 6.
  24. ↑ Jeffreys Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/7. f. 6.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 829.
  26. ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  27. ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  28. ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 280.
  30. ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.

Bibliography


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