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'''H.M.S. ''Vendetta''''' was one of 25 destroyers of the [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|"V" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Vendetta''''' was one of twenty-five [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|"V" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Vendetta'' was commissioned on 4 October, 1917{{NLJan21|p. 880}} and was assigned to the {{UK-DF|13}} that same month.{{SMNLOct17|p. 12}}
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''Vendetta'' was commissioned on 4 October, 1917{{NLJan21|p. 880}} and was assigned to the {{UK-DF|13}} that same month.  As part of that formation, she screened and supported the [[Grand Fleet]] through the end of the war.{{SMNLOct17|p. 12}}
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She was re-commissioned on 6 June, 1924 at Portsmouth for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 280}}
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''Vendetta'' was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 January, 1927 for service with the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 278}}
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Paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 1 October, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 278}}
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The destroyer was paid off at Portsmouth and commissioned into the [[Royal Australian Navy]] as '''H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''''' on 11 October 1933.
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The ship was commissioned at Sydney on 10 October 1934.{{NLJul37|p. 298}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Vendetta''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Vendetta|f=p}}}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Vendetta''">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Ramsey|nick=Charles G. Ramsey|appt=3 October, 1917{{NLFeb19|p.924}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Ramsey|nick=Charles G. Ramsey|appt=3 October, 1917{{NLJul19|p. 924}}<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>|end=7 July, 1919<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Nash|nick=Reginald Nash|appt=August, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 880}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Ioan Montagu Lawrence Scott|nick=Henry I. M. L. Scott|appt=7 July, 1919<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>{{NLAug20|p. 880}}|ass=14 July, 1919<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>|end=23 July, 1920<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Reginald Nash|nick=Reginald Nash|appt=23 July, 1920<ref>Nash Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|D7605268}} f. 551.</ref>|ass=August, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 880}}|end=25 November, 1921<ref>Nash Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/183.|D7605268}} f. 551.</ref>|note=assumed command upon completion of Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Evelyn Raymond|nick=Hugh E. Raymond|appt=25 November, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 828}}|end=1 December, 1923}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Bush|nick=Charles F. Bush|appt=4 December, 1923<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 279}}|end=17 October, 1924<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=17 October, 1924<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|end=31 December, 1926<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Milner Crockett|nick=George M. Crockett|appt=31 December, 1926{{NLFeb29|p. 278}}|end=25 June, 1929<ref>Crockett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/30.|}} f. 31.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=25 June, 1929<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|end=September, 1930<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommAU}}|name=Alvord Sydney Rosenthal|nick=Alvord S. Rosenthal|appt=11 October, 1933{{NLOct35|p. 298}}|end=21 November, 1935{{INF}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommAU}}|name=Jack Donovan|nick=Jack Donovan|appt=21 November, 1935{{NLJul37|p. 298}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommAU}}|name=Glen Loftus Cant|nick=Glen L. Cant|appt=29 September, 1938{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=23 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCAU}}|name=John Smallwood|nick=John Smallwood|appt=24 February, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=29 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCAU}}|name=Rodney Rhoades|nick=Rodney Rhoades|appt=30 March, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=31 August, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommAU}}|name=Charles John Stephenson|nick=Charles J. Stephenson|appt=1 September, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=29 November, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCAUNR}}|name=William George Whitting|nick=William G. Whitting|appt=29 November, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=10 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCAU}}|name=Alexander Duncan Black|nick=Alexander D. Black|appt=11 May, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=1 September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommAU}}|name=Charles John Stephenson|nick=Charles J. Stephenson|appt=29 September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=30 March, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCAU}} (emergency)|name=David Logan|nick=David Logan|appt=31 March, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=17 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommAU}}|name=John Plunkett-Cole|nick=John Plunkett-Cole|appt=18 May, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=8 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommAU}}|name=Jack Statton Mesley|nick=Jack S. Mesley|appt=9 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=25 September, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCAU}}|name=William Frank Cook|nick=William F. Cook|appt=26 September, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=10 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCAU}}|name=Gilbert Sutherland Gordon|nick=Gilbert S. Gordon|appt=11 November, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=30 May, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCAU}}|name=William Keith Tapp|nick=William K. Tapp|appt=31 May, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|end=15 October, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4246}}|as=Captain of H.M.A.S. ''Vendetta''}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 13:18, 5 November 2020

H.M.S. Vendetta (1917)
Pendant Number: F.A3 (1917)
F.29 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Launched: 3 Sep, 1917[3]
Completed: 17 Oct, 1917[4]
Commissioned: 4 Oct, 1917[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Vendetta was commissioned on 4 October, 1917[6] and was assigned to the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla that same month. As part of that formation, she screened and supported the Grand Fleet through the end of the war.[7]

She was re-commissioned on 6 June, 1924 at Portsmouth for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]

Vendetta was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 25 January, 1927 for service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

Paid off into Dockyard Control at Chatham on 1 October, 1930.[10]

The destroyer was paid off at Portsmouth and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy as H.M.A.S. Vendetta on 11 October 1933.

The ship was commissioned at Sydney on 10 October 1934.[11]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 880.
  7. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 12.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 278.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 298.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 924.
  13. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  14. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  15. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1920). p. 880.
  17. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
  18. ↑ Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  19. ↑ Nash Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/183. f. 551.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 828.
  21. ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 279.
  23. ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
  24. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  25. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
  27. ↑ Crockett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/30. f. 31.
  28. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  29. ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 298.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 298.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  57. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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