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She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 September, 1924.  By March, 1925 she was with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 283}}
 
She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 September, 1924.  By March, 1925 she was with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 283}}
  
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Re-commissioned at the Nore on 27 May, 1927.{{NLFeb29|p. 283}}
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''Viscount'' was re-commissioned at the Nore on 27 May, 1927 to join {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLFeb29|p. 283}}
  
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Re-commissioned at Chatham on 10 December, 1929 once again to work with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul31|p. 282''a''}}
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The ship was re-commissioned at Chatham on 10 December, 1929 once again to work with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul31|p. 282''a''}}
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She was paid off into the Reserve at Chatham on 12 April, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 286}}
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In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10.  Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
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Re-commissioned on 14 March, 1934 for duty with the {{UK-SF|6}}.{{NLJul34|p. 289}}
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She commissioned at Chatham on 24 September 1936 to serve with the {{UK-SF|6}}.{{NLJul37|p. 289}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Mansel Porter|nick=John M. Porter|appt=16 April, 1919<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>{{NLJun20|p. 890}}|end=18 June, 1920<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Mansel Porter|nick=John M. Porter|appt=16 April, 1919<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>{{NLJun20|p. 890}}|end=18 June, 1920<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Vandeleur Creagh|nick=James V. Creagh|appt=13 August, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 890}}|end=6 May, 1921<ref>Creagh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Vandeleur Creagh|nick=James V. Creagh|appt=13 August, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 890}}|end=6 May, 1921<ref>Creagh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I ''Gr.''''')|name=Thomas Charles Carpenter Bolster|nick=Thomas C. C. Bolster|appt=6 May, 1921<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>|end=2 June, 1922<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>|note=and as Acting Interpreter in German}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''I''', ''Gr.'')|name=Thomas Charles Carpenter Bolster|nick=Thomas C. C. Bolster|appt=6 May, 1921<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>|end=2 June, 1922<ref>Bolster Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/159.|D7604571}} f. 253.</ref>|note=and as Acting Interpreter in German}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=2 June, 1922<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 836}}|end=8 April, 1924<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=2 June, 1922<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 836}}|end=8 April, 1924<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vincent Paul Freeman|nick=Vincent P. Freeman|appt=8 April, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 283}}|end=25 January, 1926}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Vincent Paul Freeman|nick=Vincent P. Freeman|appt=8 April, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 283}}|end=25 January, 1926}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Cecil Fryer|nick=Geoffrey C. Fryer|appt=9 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 283}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Bostock Hill|nick=Thomas B. Hill|appt=1 May, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 283}}|end=May, 1928<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/56/102.|D7606048}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Robert Newton Taylor|nick=John R. N. Taylor|appt=1 August, 1930{{NLFeb29|p. 282''a''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Cecil Fryer|nick=Geoffrey C. Fryer|appt=9 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 283}}|end=25 August, 1930<ref>Fryer Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/29.|}} f. 29.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Robert Newton Taylor|nick=John R. N. Taylor|appt=1 August, 1930{{NLFeb29|p. 282''a''}}|end=1 September, 1932<ref>Taylor Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/67.|}} f. 67.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Robert Deverell|nick=George R. Deverell|appt=14 March, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 289}}|end=|note=and for duty with submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=James Parrington Gornall|nick=James P. Gornall|appt=19 July, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 289}}|end=|note=and for duty with submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roderick Latimer Mackenzie Edwards|nick=Roderick L. M. Edwards|appt=c. late September, 1936{{NavAppts|16 Sept. 1936, p. 7}}|end=15 December, 1936{{ToL|Destroyer Commands|15 Dec. 1936, p. 11}}|note=temporarily, upon recommissioning}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Fisher Renwick|nick=George F. Renwick|appt=15 December, 1936{{ToL|Destroyer Commands|15 Dec. 1936, p. 11}}|end=29 December, 1936{{INF}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Cunningham Paton Menzies|nick=George C. P. Menzies|appt=29 December, 1936<ref>Menzies Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/1.|}} f. 1.</ref>|end=1 February, 1937<ref>Menzies Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/1.|}} f. 1.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet|nick=Peter G. L. Cazalet|appt=22 January, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 289}}|end=July, 1937|note=and for duty with submarines}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Robert James Gardner|nick=Robert J. Gardner|appt=20 May, 1938{{NavAppts|29 Apr. 1938, p. 9}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=15 June, 1939<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>|end=17 June, 1939<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|nick=Vernon Hammersley-Heenan|appt=15 June, 1939<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>|end=17 June, 1939<ref>Hammersley-Heenan Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/289.|D7605044}} ff. 303, 304.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Michael Southcote Townsend|nick=Michael S. Townsend|appt=24 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4265}}|end=mid 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4265}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Valentine Waterhouse|nick=John V. Waterhouse|appt=9 December, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4265}}|end=18 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4265}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Leslie Ernest Woodhouse|nick=Leslie E. Woodhouse|appt=18 July, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4265}}|end=early 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4265}}}}
 
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H.M.S. Viscount (1917)
Pendant Number: G.24 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Launched: 29 Dec, 1917[3]
Completed: 4 Mar, 1918[4]
Commissioned: 13 Aug, 1920[5]
Sold: 20 Mar, 1945[6]

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

Service

Viscount commissioned at Portsmouth on 13 August, 1920.[7]

She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 September, 1924. By March, 1925 she was with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]

Viscount was re-commissioned at the Nore on 27 May, 1927 to join Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

The ship was re-commissioned at Chatham on 10 December, 1929 once again to work with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

She was paid off into the Reserve at Chatham on 12 April, 1932.[11]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[12]

Re-commissioned on 14 March, 1934 for duty with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla.[13]

She commissioned at Chatham on 24 September 1936 to serve with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  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. 890.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 282a.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
  12. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 936.
  16. ↑ Shuttleworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/165. f. 569.
  17. ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 890.
  19. ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
  21. ↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
  22. ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
  23. ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
  24. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 836.
  26. ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 283.
  29. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. ?.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
  31. ↑ Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
  33. ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/67. f. 67.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 289.
  36. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 16 Sept. 1936, p. 7.
  37. ↑ "Destroyer Commands." The Times (London, England), 15 Dec. 1936, p. 11.
  38. ↑ "Destroyer Commands." The Times (London, England), 15 Dec. 1936, p. 11.
  39. ↑ Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1.
  40. ↑ Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.
  42. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 Apr. 1938, p. 9.
  43. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  44. ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
  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.

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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