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| − | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Montague George Bentinck Legge|nick=Montague G. B. Legge|appt=26 January, 1918{{NLAug20|p. 883}}|precBy=New Command}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Montague George Bentinck Legge|nick=Montague G. B. Legge|appt=26 January, 1918<ref>Legge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>{{NLAug20|p. 883}}|end=25 August, 1920<ref>Legge Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/170.|D7604074}} f. 574.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} |
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Lamson Field|nick=John L. Field|appt=25 August, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 883}}|end=}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Lamson Field|nick=John L. Field|appt=25 August, 1920{{NLDec20|p. 883}}|end=}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Vesey Holt|nick=Reginald V. Holt|appt=c. June, 1923<ref>Holt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/179.|D7576665}} f. 240.</ref>|end=September, 1923<ref>Holt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/179.|D7576665}} f. 240.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Vesey Holt|nick=Reginald V. Holt|appt=c. June, 1923<ref>Holt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/179.|D7576665}} f. 240.</ref>|end=September, 1923<ref>Holt Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/179.|D7576665}} f. 240.</ref>}} | ||
Revision as of 14:25, 27 November 2016
| H.M.S. Vesper (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.39 (Apr 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | A. Stephen[2] |
| Launched: | 15 Dec, 1917[3] |
| Completed: | 20 Feb, 1918[4] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Vesper was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Recommissioned on 25 August, 1920.[5]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Montague G. B. Legge, 26 January, 1918[6][7] – 25 August, 1920[8]
- Commander John L. Field, 25 August, 1920[9]
- Commander Reginald V. Holt, c. June, 1923[10] – September, 1923[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin, July, 1924[12] – 15 August, 1924[13]
- Commander Lionel G. Dawson, 24 January, 1927[14] – October, 1927[15]
- Commander Colin S. Thomson, 20 April, 1927[16] – June, 1927[17][18]
Hugh Rose Troup may have been loaned to the ship in early 1923.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 73.
- ↑ 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. 883.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ Legge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/170. f. 574.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
- ↑ Holt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/179. f. 240.
- ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
- ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
- ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
- ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432. Date is that of her re-commissioning.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
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