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|launch=3 Nov, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}}
 
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She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 890}}
 
She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 890}}
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She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 6 June, 1924 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 283}}
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The ship was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 January, 1927 for service with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 283}}
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''Vivacious'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 11 June, 1929 for service with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean.  She was paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 21 October, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 282''a''}}
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She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 29 December, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 287}}
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She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Portsmouth on 11 August, 1933.{{NLJul37|p. 289}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=27 June, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 837}}|end=6 June, 1923<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=27 June, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 837}}|end=6 June, 1923<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Hector Creswell|nick=George H. Creswell|appt=6 June, 1923<ref>Creswell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 284}}|end=February, 1925<ref>Creswell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Hector Creswell|nick=George H. Creswell|appt=6 June, 1923<ref>Creswell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 284}}|end=February, 1925<ref>Creswell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/79.|D7605166}} f. 439.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Gordon Gerard|nick=William G. Gerard|appt=10 October, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 283}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Shenstone Prescott-Roberts|nick=John S. Prescott-Roberts|appt=5 January, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 283}}|end=mid 1926}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Merriman Barnes|nick=Hugh M. Barnes|appt=1 May, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 283}}|end=May, 1928<ref>Barnes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/191.|}}  f. 191.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Fraser Harrington Churchill|nick=Charles F. H. Churchill|appt=May, 1928|end=October, 1928}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Gordon Gerard|nick=William G. Gerard|appt=10 October, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 283}}|end=7 October, 1930}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Frank Capel Layard|nick=Arthur F. C. Layard|appt=October, 1930<ref>Layard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/182.|}} f. 182.</ref>|end=October, 1932<ref>Layard Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/182.|}} f. 182.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Wakeful}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Albert Lawrence Poland|nick=Albert L. Poland|appt=27 October, 1932<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=April, 1933<ref>Poland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/147.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Francis Douglas-Watson|nick=Francis Douglas-Watson|appt=25 April, 1933{{NavAppts|12 Apr. 1933, p. 4}}<ref>Douglas-Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/177.|}} f. 177.</ref>|end=28 October, 1933<ref>Douglas-Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/177.|}} f. 177.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Delight}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Harold William Seaman|nick=Harold W. Seaman|appt=28 September, 1938<ref>Seaman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/123.|}}  f. 123.</ref>|end=17 October, 1938<ref>Seaman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/123.|}}  f. 123.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Ramsden Langworthy Parry|nick=Cecil R. L. Parry|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=27 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Reginald Woodbine Parish|nick=Frank R. W. Parish|appt=27 September, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=30 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommAU}}|name=Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineux|nick=Emile F. V. Dechaineux|appt=30 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=19 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Peter Alison Ross Withers|nick=Peter A. R. Withers|appt=19 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=late 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Alexander|nick=Robert Alexander|appt=11 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Frederick Dennisson Cole|nick=Frederick D. Cole|appt=September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=13 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Barry John Anderson|nick=Barry J. Anderson|appt=13 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}|end=c. April, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4264}}}}
 
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Latest revision as of 13:44, 14 February 2022

H.M.S. Vivacious (1917)
Pendant Number: F.32 (1917)
G.71 (Jan 1918)
G.01 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Yarrow & Company[2]
Launched: 3 Nov, 1917[3]
Completed: 29 Dec, 1917[4]
Sold:

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

Service

In January, 1918, Vivacious joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla – that formation's first "V" class destroyer.[5]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 18 December, 1920.[6]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 6 June, 1924 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[7]

The ship was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 January, 1927 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]

Vivacious was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 11 June, 1929 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean. She was paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 21 October, 1930.[9]

She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 29 December, 1931.[10]

She paid off into Maintenance Reserve at Portsmouth on 11 August, 1933.[11]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (January, 1918). p. 12.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 282a.
  10. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 287.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.
  12. Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
  13. The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 936.
  14. Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
  15. Stanistreet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/240. f. 254.
  16. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
  17. Stanistreet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/240. f. 254.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 837.
  19. Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  20. Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
  21. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 284.
  22. Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
  23. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 283.
  24. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 283.
  25. Barnes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/191. f. 191.
  26. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
  27. Layard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/182. f. 182.
  28. Layard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/182. f. 182.
  29. Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/147. f. 147.
  30. Poland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/147. f. 147.
  31. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 12 Apr. 1933, p. 4.
  32. Douglas-Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/177. f. 177.
  33. Douglas-Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/177. f. 177.
  34. Seaman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/123. f. 123.
  35. Seaman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/123. f. 123.
  36. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  38. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  45. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  46. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. Uboat.net page on the ship.

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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