H.M.S. Vesper (1917)
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| H.M.S. Vesper (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.39 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Alexander Stephen & Sons[2] |
| Launched: | 15 Dec, 1917[3] |
| Completed: | 20 Feb, 1918[4] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Vesper was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Vesper was re-commissioned on 25 August, 1920.[5]
Vesper was re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 August, 1924.[6]
She re-commissioned on 20 April, 1927,[7] but paid off on 11 August.[8]
The ship was re-commissioned at Devonport on 21 November, 1930, to be appointed under the command of Alfred Jerome Lucian Phillips the following day for work with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla with the Atlantic Fleet.[9]
She commissioned in Reserve at The Nore on 15 July, 1932.[10]
Re-commissioned on 10 June, 1937 under Lt. Cdr. L.V. Lloyd at The Nore.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Montague G. B. Legge, 26 January, 1918[12][13] – 25 August, 1920[14]
- Commander Richard B. England, 11 February, 1918 – c. 25 February, 1918 (temporary)
- Commander John L. Field, 25 August, 1920[15] – 4 May, 1921
- Lieutenant-Commander Harry A. D. Keate, 4 May, 1921 – 28 August, 1921
- Lieutenant-Commander Frederick A. P. Foster, 28 August, 1921[16] – 15 April, 1922
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter F. Smithwick, 12 April, 1922 – November, 1922
- Commander Reginald V. Holt, c. June, 1923[17] – September, 1923[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin, July, 1924[19] – 15 August, 1924[20]
- Lieutenant Hugh Roy MacG. Laird, 22 August, 1924[21] (not noted as being "in command")
- Commander Lionel G. Dawson, 24 January, 1927[22] – October, 1927[23]
- Commander Colin S. Thomson, 20 April, 1927[24] – June, 1927[25][26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Alan MacG. Sheffield, c. late 1928[27] – November, 1929[28]
- Commander Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke, c. May, 1929 – June, 1929
- Commander Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke, November, 1930 – 21 November, 1930
- Commander Alfred J. L. Phillips, 22 November, 1930[29] – 3 October, 1932
- Commander George F. Stevens-Guille, 4 July, 1932[30] (transferred out, undated, to Walker)
- Lieutenant (in Command?) Stephen H. Beattie, 17 June, 1935[31]
- Commander Newton J. W. William-Powlett, 1 July, 1935[32] – 22 July, 1935[33]
- Lieutenant-Commander Errol C. L. Turner, 6 September, 1935 – 10 September, 1935
- Lieutenant-Commander Lionel V. Lloyd, 10 June, 1937[34]
- Commander Robert St. V. Sherbrooke, 28 September, 1938[35] – late 1938[36]
- Lieutenant-Commander William F. E. Hussey, 31 July, 1939[37] – 24 February, 1941[38]
- Lieutenant in Command Peter W. F. Stubbs, 24 February, 1941[39] – 14 May, 1942[40]
- Lieutenant in Command Douglas H. R. Bromley, 14 May, 1942[41] – early 1943[42]
- Lieutenant-Commander John M. Rodgers, 8 May, 1943[43] – 1 April, 1944[44]
- Lieutenant-Commander Vernon D. Ravenscroft, 1 April, 1944[45] – mid 1945[46]
Hugh Rose Troup may have been loaned to the ship in early 1923.
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 285.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ Iffy date. Making it match Keate's Service Record end date.
- ↑ Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
- ↑ Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 281.
- ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
- ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432. Date is that of her re-commissioning.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
- ↑ Sheffield Service Record ADM 196/120/38.
- ↑ Sheffield Service Record ADM 196/120/38.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, June 7, 1932, Issue 46153, p.20.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.
- ↑ William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/159. f. 159.
- ↑ William-Powlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/159. f. 159.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 285.
- ↑ Sherbrooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/55. f. 55.
- ↑ Sherbrooke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/55. f. 55.
- ↑ 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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