H.M.S. Valentine (1917)

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H.M.S. Valentine (1917)
Pendant Number: F.99 (1917)
F.30 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Launched: 24 Mar, 1917[3]
Stranded: 15 May, 1940[4]
Fate: after air attack[5]

H.M.S. Valentine was one of five "V" class flotilla leaders.

Service

Valentine was assigned to be a second flotilla leader for the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in July, 1917.[6]

She was re-commissioned on 15 August, 1920.[7]

Valentine re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 September, 1924 for service in the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]

She was paid off into Dockyard Control at the Nore on 13 May, 1927.[9]

Valentine re-commissioned at Sheerness on 19 September, 1927 for service in the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

Re-commissioned at Malta on 10 November, 1930 for continued service in the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[11]

She commissioned at Chatham on 8 July, 1932.[12]

The ship was re-commissioned at Devonport on 18 April, 1933 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[13]

Valentine paid off into Reserve on 22 December, 1934.[14]

She re-commissioned at Devonport on 21 May, 1936 and was placed into the Reserve Fleet.[15]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (July, 1917). p. 12.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 277.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 276.
  10. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 276.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 276.
  12. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 279.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 280.
  14. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 281.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 281.
  16. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398p.
  17. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
  18. Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 441.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 922a.
  20. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  21. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  22. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879.
  23. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  24. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  25. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/123. f. 528[?].
  26. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/123. f. 528[?].
  27. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 825.
  28. Boxer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83 f. 214.
  29. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
  30. Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235. Also inferring from John Ignatius Hallett's appointment.
  31. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 277.
  32. Hallett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/214. f. 281.
  33. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 277.
  34. Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
  35. Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
  36. Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/170. ff. ?, 177.
  37. Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/170. ff. ?, 177.
  38. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
  39. Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
  40. Magee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/251. f. 521.
  41. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 22 Apr. 1931, p. 4.
  42. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 276.
  43. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, February 24, 1932, Issue 46065, p.18.
  44. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, April 12, 1932, Issue 46105, p.20.
  45. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 281.
  46. Lane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/62. f. 62.
  47. Morice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/145. f. 147.
  48. Morice Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/145. f. 147.
  49. Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
  50. Stevens-Guille Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/130. f. 130.
  51. Hussey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/150. f. 150. The month could be September.
  52. Hussey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/150. f. 150.
  53. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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