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|launch=3 Nov, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} | |launch=3 Nov, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} | ||
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|pend=F.32 (1917)<br>G.71 (Jan 1918)<br>G.01 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} | |pend=F.32 (1917)<br>G.71 (Jan 1918)<br>G.01 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 73}} | ||
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She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 890}} | She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 890}} | ||
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| + | She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 6 June, 1924 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 283}} | ||
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| + | The ship was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 January, 1927 for service with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 283}} | ||
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| + | ''Vivacious'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 11 June, 1929 for service with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean. She was paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 21 October, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 282''a''}} | ||
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| + | She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 29 December, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 287}} | ||
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| + | She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Portsmouth on 11 August, 1933.{{NLJul37|p. 289}} | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=27 June, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 837}}|end=6 June, 1923<ref>Thornton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=27 June, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 837}}|end=6 June, 1923<ref>Thornton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Hector Creswell|nick=George H. Creswell|appt=6 June, 1923<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 284}}|end=February, 1925<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Hector Creswell|nick=George H. Creswell|appt=6 June, 1923<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 284}}|end=February, 1925<ref>Creswell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>}} | ||
| − | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Gordon Gerard|nick=William G. Gerard|appt=10 October, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 283}}|end=}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Shenstone Prescott-Roberts|nick=John S. Prescott-Roberts|appt=5 January, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 283}}|end=mid 1926}} |
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Merriman Barnes|nick=Hugh M. Barnes|appt=1 May, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 283}}|end=May, 1928<ref>Barnes Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/191.|}} f. 191.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Fraser Harrington Churchill|nick=Charles F. H. Churchill|appt=May, 1928|end=October, 1928}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Gordon Gerard|nick=William G. Gerard|appt=10 October, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 283}}|end=7 October, 1930}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Frank Capel Layard|nick=Arthur F. C. Layard|appt=October, 1930<ref>Layard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/122/182.|}} f. 182.</ref>|end=October, 1932<ref>Layard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/122/182.|}} f. 182.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Wakeful}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Albert Lawrence Poland|nick=Albert L. Poland|appt=27 October, 1932<ref>Poland Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=April, 1933<ref>Poland Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/117/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Douglas-Watson|nick=Francis Douglas-Watson|appt=25 April, 1933{{NavAppts|12 Apr. 1933, p. 4}}<ref>Douglas-Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/177.|}} f. 177.</ref>|end=28 October, 1933<ref>Douglas-Watson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/118/177.|}} f. 177.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Delight}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold William Seaman|nick=Harold W. Seaman|appt=28 September, 1938<ref>Seaman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/124/123.|}} f. 123.</ref>|end=17 October, 1938<ref>Seaman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/124/123.|}} f. 123.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Ramsden Langworthy Parry|nick=Cecil R. L. Parry|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=27 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Reginald Woodbine Parish|nick=Frank R. W. Parish|appt=27 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=30 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommAU}}|name=Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineux|nick=Emile F. V. Dechaineux|appt=30 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=19 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Peter Alison Ross Withers|nick=Peter A. R. Withers|appt=19 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=late 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Alexander|nick=Robert Alexander|appt=11 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick Dennisson Cole|nick=Frederick D. Cole|appt=September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=13 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Barry John Anderson|nick=Barry J. Anderson|appt=13 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=c. April, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}} | ||
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| H.M.S. Vivacious (1917) | |
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| Pendant Number: | F.32 (1917) G.71 (Jan 1918) G.01 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Yarrow & Company[2] |
| Launched: | 3 Nov, 1917[3] |
| Completed: | 29 Dec, 1917[4] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Vivacious was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
In January, 1918, Vivacious joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla – that formation's first "V" class destroyer.[5]
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 December, 1920.[6]
She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 6 June, 1924 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[7]
The ship was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 January, 1927 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]
Vivacious was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 11 June, 1929 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean. She was paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 21 October, 1930.[9]
She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 29 December, 1931.[10]
She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Portsmouth on 11 August, 1933.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Claude L. Bate, 4 December, 1917[12][13] – 21 August, 1919[14]
- Lieutenant-Commander Henry D. C. Stanistreet, 8 December, 1919[15][16] – May, 1921[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward C. Thornton, 27 June, 1921[18] – 6 June, 1923[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander George H. Creswell, 6 June, 1923[20][21] – February, 1925[22]
- Lieutenant-Commander John S. Prescott-Roberts, 5 January, 1925[23] – mid 1926
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh M. Barnes, 1 May, 1926[24] – May, 1928[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles F. H. Churchill, May, 1928 – October, 1928
- Lieutenant-Commander William G. Gerard, 10 October, 1928[26] – 7 October, 1930
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur F. C. Layard, October, 1930[27] – October, 1932[28] (transferred in from Wakeful)
- Commander Albert L. Poland, 27 October, 1932[29] – April, 1933[30]
- Lieutenant-Commander Francis Douglas-Watson, 25 April, 1933[31][32] – 28 October, 1933[33] (transferred in from Delight)
- Lieutenant-Commander Harold W. Seaman, 28 September, 1938[34] – 17 October, 1938[35]
- Commander Cecil R. L. Parry, 31 July, 1939[36] – 27 September, 1939[37]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frank R. W. Parish, 27 September, 1939[38] – 30 May, 1940[39]
- Commander Emile F. V. Dechaineux, 30 May, 1940[40] – 19 June, 1940[41]
- Lieutenant-Commander Peter A. R. Withers, 19 June, 1940[42] – late 1940[43]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert Alexander, 11 July, 1941[44] – September, 1943[45]
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick D. Cole, September, 1943[46] – 13 October, 1944[47]
- Lieutenant in Command Barry J. Anderson, 13 October, 1944[48] – c. April, 1945[49]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 287.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.
- ↑ Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 936.
- ↑ Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
- ↑ Stanistreet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/240. f. 254.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ Stanistreet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/240. f. 254.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 837.
- ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
- ↑ Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 284.
- ↑ Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 283.
- ↑ Barnes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/191. f. 191.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
- ↑ Layard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/182. f. 182.
- ↑ Layard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/182. f. 182.
- ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/147. f. 147.
- ↑ Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/147. f. 147.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 12 Apr. 1933, p. 4.
- ↑ Douglas-Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/177. f. 177.
- ↑ Douglas-Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/177. f. 177.
- ↑ Seaman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/123. f. 123.
- ↑ Seaman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/123. f. 123.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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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