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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]

Re-commissioned on 14 March, 1934 for duty with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla.^[12]

She commissioned at Chatham on 24 September 1936 to serve with the Sixth Submarine Flotilla.^[13]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander William G. A. Shuttleworth, 25 February, 1918^[14] – 16 April, 1919^[15]
Lieutenant-Commander John M. Porter, 16 April, 1919^[16]^[17] – 18 June, 1920^[18]
Commander James V. Creagh, 13 August, 1920^[19] – 6 May, 1921^[20]
Commander (I, Gr.) Thomas C. C. Bolster, 6 May, 1921^[21] – 2 June, 1922^[22] (and as Acting Interpreter in German)
Lieutenant-Commander Colin S. Thomson, 2 June, 1922^[23]^[24] – 8 April, 1924^[25]
Lieutenant-Commander Vincent P. Freeman, 8 April, 1924^[26] – 25 January, 1926
Lieutenant-Commander Thomas B. Hill, 1 May, 1926^[27] – May, 1928^[28]
Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey C. Fryer, 9 April, 1928^[29]
Lieutenant-Commander John R. N. Taylor, 1 August, 1930^[30]
Commander George R. Deverell, 14 March, 1934^[31] (and for duty with submarines)
Commander James P. Gornall, 19 July, 1935^[32] (and for duty with submarines)
Commander Roderick L. M. Edwards, – 15 December, 1936^[33]
Commander George F. Renwick, 15 December, 1936^[34] – 29 December, 1936^[Inference]
Commander George C. P. Menzies, 29 December, 1936^[35] – 1 February, 1937^[36] (temporary)
Commander Peter G. L. Cazalet, 22 January, 1937^[37] – July, 1937 (and for duty with submarines)
Commander Robert J. Gardner, 20 May, 1938^[38]
Acting Commander Vernon Hammersley-Heenan, 15 June, 1939^[39] – 17 June, 1939^[40]
Lieutenant in Command Michael S. Townsend, 24 August, 1939^[41] – mid 1941^[42]
Lieutenant-Commander John V. Waterhouse, 9 December, 1941^[43] – 18 July, 1943^[44]
Lieutenant-Commander Leslie E. Woodhouse, 18 July, 1943^[45] – early 1945^[46]

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.
↑ 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.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 289.
↑ "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.

Bibliography

"V" Class Destroyer

Admiralty Design

Vancouver

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Vanity

Vanquisher

Vanoc

Vega

Velox

Vehement

Venturous

Vendetta

Venetia

Verdun

Versatile

Verulam

Vesper

Vidette

Violent

Vimiera

Vittoria

Vivacious

Vivien

Vortigern

Vectis

Thornycroft Specials

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"R" Class

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[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] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.

[13] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.

[14] The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 936.

[15] Shuttleworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/165. f. 569.

[16] Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.

[17] The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 890.

[18] Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.

[19] The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.

[20] Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.

[21] Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.

[22] Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.

[23] Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.

[24] The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 836.

[25] Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.

[26] The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.

[27] The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 283.

[28] Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/102. f. ?.

[29] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.

[30] The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.

[31] The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 289.

[32] The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 289.

[33] "Destroyer Commands." The Times (London, England), 15 Dec. 1936, p. 11.

[34] "Destroyer Commands." The Times (London, England), 15 Dec. 1936, p. 11.

[35] Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1.

[36] Menzies Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/1. f. 1.

[37] The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.

[38] "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 29 Apr. 1938, p. 9.

[39] Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.

[40] Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.

[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.

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