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She was paid off into the Reserve at Chatham on 12 April, 1932.{{NLJan33|p. 286}} | 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}} | ||
Re-commissioned on 14 March, 1934 for duty with the {{UK-SF|6}}.{{NLJul34|p. 289}} | Re-commissioned on 14 March, 1934 for duty with the {{UK-SF|6}}.{{NLJul34|p. 289}} | ||
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{{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}} | ||
{{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>}} | {{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>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Cecil Fryer|nick=Geoffrey C. Fryer|appt=9 April, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 283}}|end=}} | + | {{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>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Robert Newton Taylor|nick=John R. N. Taylor|appt=1 August, 1930{{NLFeb29|p. 282''a''}}|end=}} | + | {{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>}} |
{{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}} | {{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}} | ||
{{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}} | {{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}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Roderick Latimer Mackenzie Edwards|nick=Roderick L. M. Edwards|appt=|end=15 December, 1936{{ToL|Destroyer Commands|15 Dec. 1936, p. 11}}}} | + | {{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}} |
{{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}}}} | {{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}}}} | ||
{{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}} | {{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}} | ||
{{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}} | {{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}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Michael Southcote Townsend|nick=Michael S. Townsend|appt=24 August, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4265}}|end=mid 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4265}}}} | {{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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H.M.S. Viscount (1917) | |
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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.
- Commander William G. A. Shuttleworth, 25 February, 1918[15] – 16 April, 1919[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander John M. Porter, 16 April, 1919[17][18] – 18 June, 1920[19]
- Commander James V. Creagh, 13 August, 1920[20] – 6 May, 1921[21]
- Commander (I, Gr.) Thomas C. C. Bolster, 6 May, 1921[22] – 2 June, 1922[23] (and as Acting Interpreter in German)
- Lieutenant-Commander Colin S. Thomson, 2 June, 1922[24][25] – 8 April, 1924[26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Vincent P. Freeman, 8 April, 1924[27] – 25 January, 1926
- Lieutenant-Commander Thomas B. Hill, 1 May, 1926[28] – May, 1928[29]
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey C. Fryer, 9 April, 1928[30] – 25 August, 1930[31]
- Lieutenant-Commander John R. N. Taylor, 1 August, 1930[32] – 1 September, 1932[33]
- Commander George R. Deverell, 14 March, 1934[34] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander James P. Gornall, 19 July, 1935[35] (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Roderick L. M. Edwards, c. late September, 1936[36] – 15 December, 1936[37] (temporarily, upon recommissioning)
- Commander George F. Renwick, 15 December, 1936[38] – 29 December, 1936[Inference]
- Commander George C. P. Menzies, 29 December, 1936[39] – 1 February, 1937[40] (temporary)
- Commander Peter G. L. Cazalet, 22 January, 1937[41] – July, 1937 (and for duty with submarines)
- Commander Robert J. Gardner, 20 May, 1938[42]
- Acting Commander Vernon Hammersley-Heenan, 15 June, 1939[43] – 17 June, 1939[44]
- Lieutenant in Command Michael S. Townsend, 24 August, 1939[45] – mid 1941[46]
- Lieutenant-Commander John V. Waterhouse, 9 December, 1941[47] – 18 July, 1943[48]
- Lieutenant-Commander Leslie E. Woodhouse, 18 July, 1943[49] – early 1945[50]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
- ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 936.
- ↑ Shuttleworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/165. f. 569.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
- ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
- ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 836.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 283.
- ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
- ↑ Fryer Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/29. f. 29.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/67. f. 67.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 289.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 16 Sept. 1936, p. 7.
- ↑ "Destroyer Commands." The Times (London, England), 15 Dec. 1936, p. 11.
- ↑ "Destroyer Commands." The Times (London, England), 15 Dec. 1936, p. 11.
- ↑ Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1.
- ↑ Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 Apr. 1938, p. 9.
- ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
- ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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