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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Venetia'' (1917)|fatedate=19 Oct, 1940{{Conways1906|p. 83}} |order= |name=Venetia |launch=29 Oct, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} |comp=19 Dec, 1917{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 312}} |builder=[[Fairfield]]{{Conways1906|p. 83}} |fate=Mined |pend=F.9A (1917)<br>F.93 (Jan 1918)<br>F.14 (Apr 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Venetia''''' was one of twenty-five [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|"V" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18. ==Service== ''Venetia'' joined the {{UK-DF|13}} in January, 1918.{{SMNLJan18|p. 12}} As part of this formation, she supported the [[Grand Fleet]] through the end of the war. In February, 1919, she moved to join the new-fangled {{UK-DF|2}}. She re-commissioned on 25 August, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 880}} Re-commissioned at Devonport on 15 September, 1924.{{NLJan26|p. 279''a''}} Paid off into Dockyard Control at Devonport on 19 May, 1927.{{NLJul27|p. 279}} She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 30 March, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 279}} She again re-commissioned at Devonport on 19 November, 1929.{{NLJul31|p. 278}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Venetia''"> {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Hext Wright|nick=Arthur E. H. Wright|appt=30 November, 1917<ref>Wright Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/170.|D7576684}} ff. ?, 177.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 880}}|end=16 January, 1921<ref>Wright Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/170.|D7576684}} ff. ?, 177.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Rose Troup|nick=Hugh R. Troup|appt=15 January, 1921<ref>Troup Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/225.|D7604637}} f. ?.</ref>|end=23 August, 1922<ref>Troup Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/225.|D7604637}} f. ?.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Valentine Maurice Wyndham-Quin|nick=Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin|appt=22 August, 1922<ref>Wyndham-Quin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/322.|D7605407}} f. 696.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 828}}|end=1 January, 1924<ref>Wyndham-Quin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/322.|D7605407}} f. 696.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Nash|nick=Reginald Nash|appt=1 January, 1924<ref>Nash Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|D7605268}} f. 551.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 279}}|end=December, 1925<ref>Nash Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|D7605268}} f. 551.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ivan Beale Colvin|nick=Ivan B. Colvin|appt=1 December, 1925<ref>Colvin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}} f. 169.</ref>{{NLFeb26|p. 279''a''}}|ass=21 December, 1925<ref>Colvin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}} f. 169.</ref>|end=17 May, 1927<ref>Colvin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}} f. 169.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold Richard Ware Turnor|nick=Harold R. W. Turnor|appt=15 March, 1928|end=April, 1928|note=for trials}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ivan Beale Colvin|nick=Ivan B. Colvin|appt=30 March, 1928|end=5 April, 1928<ref>Colvin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/170.|D7605581}} f. 169.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin|nick=Benjamin C. S. Martin|appt=5 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 279}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Denys Royds Brocklebank|nick=Denys R. Brocklebank|appt=3 March, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 278}}|end=}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Stuart Erskine Crewe-Read|nick=Stuart E. Crewe-Read|appt=2 May, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 283}}|end=}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Venetia_(1917)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer "V" Class Destroyer (1917)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Venetia}} {{CatShipDestroyer|UK}}

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