H.M.S. Vivacious (1917)
| H.M.S. Vivacious (1917) | |
|---|---|
| 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]
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh M. Barnes, 1 May, 1926[24]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles F. H. Churchill, May, 1928 – October, 1928
- Lieutenant-Commander William G. Gerard, 10 October, 1928[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert Alexander, 11 June, 1941 – September, 1943
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur F. C. Layard, October, 1930
- Commander Albert L. Poland, 1 October, 1932[26]
- Commander Cecil R. L. Parry, 31 July, 1939[27] – 27 September, 1939[28]
- Lieutenant-Commander Frank R. W. Parish, 27 September, 1939[29] – 30 May, 1940[30]
- Commander Emile F. V. Dechaineux, 30 May, 1940[31] – 19 June, 1940[32]
- Lieutenant-Commander Peter A. R. Withers, 19 June, 1940[33] – late 1940[34]
- Lieutenant-Commander Robert Alexander, 11 July, 1941[35] – September, 1943[36]
- Lieutenant in Command Frederick D. Cole, September, 1943[37] – 13 October, 1944[38]
- Lieutenant in Command Barry J. Anderson, 13 October, 1944[39] – c. April, 1945[40]
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 287.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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