H.M.S. Versatile (1917)
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| H.M.S. Versatile (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.29 (1917) G.10 (Jan 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2] |
| Launched: | 31 Oct, 1917[3] |
| Completed: | 11 Feb, 1918[4] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Versatile was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Versatile joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla in February, 1918[5] and remained with that formation until it was disbanded in March, 1919, at which point she was allocated along with the Eleventh's other "V"s to the new First Destroyer Flotilla.[6]
She re-commissioned on 10 December, 1920.[7]
Versatile rammed and sank the submerged submarine H 42 with all hands during Atlantic Fleet operations near Gibraltar on 23 March, 1922, suffering damage which required repair in Gibraltar.
She re-commissioned on 3 May, 1923.[8]
She was re-commissioned on 6 January, 1926.[9]
She commissioned for trials at Chatham on 25 May, 1927 and took up service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[10]
The destroyer was re-commissioned at the Nore on 4 September, 1928.[11]
She re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 November, 1930 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.[12]
Commissioned in Reserve at The Nore on 15 July, 1932.[13]
Re-commissioned on 11 January, 1933 for continued service with 5 D.F., now part of the Home Fleet.[14]
Reduced to Reserve at The Nore on 1 September, 1936.[15]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Gerald C. Wynter, 19 January, 1918[16] – November, 1920
- Commander Evelyn H. B. L. Scrivener, 19 May, 1920 – 14 June, 1920 (temporary)
- Commander Victor L. A. Campbell, 6 December, 1920[17][18] – 14 September, 1922[19]
- Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 14 September, 1922[20][21] – 21 May, 1923[22]
- Commander John Fawcett, April, 1923[23][24] – 7 February, 1926[25]
- Commander Alexander L. Fletcher, 9 February, 1926[26] – 1 April, 1926[27]
- Lieutenant-Commander Martin J. C. de Meric, 1 May, 1926[28] – 31 March, 1927[29]
- Commander Colin S. Thomson, 31 March, 1927[30][31] – 20 April, 1927[32]
- Commander Colin S. Thomson, June, 1927[33][34] – March, 1929[35]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter N. T. Beckett, March, 1929[36] – 25 June, 1929[37]
- Commander Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke, 25 June, 1929 – November, 1930
- Captain John F. B. Carslake, 8 November, 1930[38][39] – 4 August, 1931[40]
- Captain Claude P. Hermon-Hodge, 4 August, 1931 – 10 August, 1932
- Commander John H. Jauncey, 12 June, 1940[41] – 25 April, 1941[42]
- Commander Rhoderick R. McGrigor, 10 August, 1932[43][44] – 8 January, 1943[45]
- Commander Cecil B. Turner, 8 January, 1934[46][47] – 8 October, 1934[48]
- Lieutenant-Commander Errol C. L. Turner, 1 August, 1935[49] – 6 September, 1935 (for trials)
- Commander Herbert W. Williams, 6 September, 1935[50] – before June, 1936[51]
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh Gartside-Tippinge, 13 May, 1936[52] – 1936[53]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles A. de W. Kitcat, September, 1938[54]
- Commander (retired) Thomas A. Hussey, 15 June, 1939[55] – June, 1940[56]
- Commander (retired) John H. Jauncey, June, 1940[57] – 29 April, 1941[58]
- Lieutenant-Commander Jack B. Palmer, 29 April, 1941[59] – November, 1942[60]
- Lieutenant in Command Denis G. D. Hall-Wright, November, 1942[61] – early 1943[62]
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey S. Corlett, 1 September, 1943[63] – December, 1943[64]
- Lieutenant in Command Gilbert C. Potter, December, 1943[65] – 3 October, 1944[66]
- Lieutenant in Command Alfred L. Harper, 3 October, 1944[67] – mid 1945[68]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ 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. (February, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.
- ↑ 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. (October, 1935). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 831.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.
- ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 19 Feb. 1927, p. 4.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432. Date is that of re-commissioning of Vesper.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Carslake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/161. f. 519.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.
- ↑ Carslake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/161. f. 519.
- ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
- ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
- ↑ McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 283.
- ↑ McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
- ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/22. f. 22.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
- ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/22. f. 22.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.
- ↑ Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/76. f. 76.
- ↑ Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/76. f. 76.
- ↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
- ↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
- ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 14 Sept. 1938, p. 15.
- ↑ 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 man.
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