H.M.S. Vimiera (1917)

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H.M.S. Vimiera (1917)
Pendant Number: F.28 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Swan Hunter[2]
Launched: 22 Jun, 1917[3]
Completed: 19 Sep, 1917[4]
Mined: 9 Jan, 1942[5]

H.M.S. Vimiera was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

In August, 1917, Vimiera was assigned to the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[6] She commissioned on 5 September, 1917.[7]

She was reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 7 October, 1920.[8]

Vimiera was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Crew on 15 August, 1924. By March 1925, she was attached to the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

She re-commissioned at the Nore on 25 January, 1927 and was assigned to First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

The ship was re-commissioned at the Nore on 25 January, 1927.[11]

Vimiera completed to full complement on 11 June, 1929 for work with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[12]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 29 December, 1931 for continued service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[13]

Vimiera was reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 8 May, 1933.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

John Alan Pennington Legh was to be appointed on 17 January, 1919,[44] but this was cancelled according to his Service Record.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
  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. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 12.
  7. The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 889.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
  9. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 282a.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 282a.
  13. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 288.
  15. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398z.
  16. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  17. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 935.
  19. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  20. Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
  21. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
  22. The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 890.
  23. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
  24. Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 836.
  26. Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?.
  27. Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  28. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 284.
  29. Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  30. Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  31. Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
  32. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 282a.
  33. Searles-Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/317. f. 315.
  34. Chatwin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/125. f. 125.
  35. Chatwin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/120/125. f. 125.
  36. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
  37. Younghusband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/76. f. 76.
  38. Younghusband Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/76. f. 76.
  39. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
  40. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  41. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  42. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  43. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  44. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.

Bibliography


"V" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
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Venetia Verdun Versatile Verulam Vesper
  Vidette Violent Vimiera Vittoria  
  Vivacious Vivien Vortigern Vectis  
Thornycroft Specials
  Viceroy Viscount  
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