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.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
  5. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 12.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 11.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 281.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 280.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 285.
  16. The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 883.
  17. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
  19. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.
  20. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 831.
  22. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  23. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.
  24. Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  25. Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  26. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
  27. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
  28. de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  29. de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  30. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  31. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 19 Feb. 1927, p. 4.
  32. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432. Date is that of re-commissioning of Vesper.
  33. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  34. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
  35. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  36. Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  37. Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  38. Carslake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/161. f. 519.
  39. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.
  40. Carslake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/161. f. 519.
  41. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  42. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  43. McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
  44. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 283.
  45. McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
  46. Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/22. f. 22.
  47. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
  48. Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/22. f. 22.
  49. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.
  50. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/76. f. 76.
  51. Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/76. f. 76.
  52. Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
  53. Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
  54. "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 14 Sept. 1938, p. 15.
  55. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  58. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  59. Uboat.net page on the man.
  60. Uboat.net page on the man.
  61. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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  63. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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  65. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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Bibliography


"V" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Vancouver Vanessa Vanity Vanquisher Vanoc
Vega Velox Vehement Venturous Vendetta
Venetia Verdun Versatile Verulam Vesper
  Vidette Violent Vimiera Vittoria  
  Vivacious Vivien Vortigern Vectis  
Thornycroft Specials
  Viceroy Viscount  
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