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'''H.M.S. ''Venomous''''' (originally named '''H.M.S. ''Venom''''') was one of 15 destroyers of the [[Modified "W" Class Destroyer (1918)|Modified "W" class]].
'''H.M.S. ''Venomous''''' (originally named '''H.M.S. ''Venom''''') was one of fifteen destroyers of the [[Modified "W" Class Destroyer (1918)|Modified "W" class]].


==Service==
==Service==
Commissioned on 28 April, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 880.  Given as 1918, but clearly a mistake}}
Commissioned on 28 April, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 880.  Given as 1918, but clearly a mistake}}  Another source gives 24 August, 1919.{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 312}}


==Captains==
==Captains==

Revision as of 18:29, 30 September 2014

H.M.S. Venomous (1918)
Pendant Number: G.98 (Jun 1919)[1]
Builder: John Brown[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

Commissioned on 28 April, 1919.[7] Another source gives 24 August, 1919.[8]

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. (December, 1920). p. 880.

Bibliography


Modified "W" Class Destroyer
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Thornycroft Specials
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