H.M.S. Vanessa (1918)
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Pendant Number: | G.18 (Jun 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Beardmore[2] |
Launched: | 16 Mar, 1918[3] |
Completed: | 27 Apr, 1918[4] |
Sold: |
H.M.S. Vanessa was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
In May 1918, Vanessa joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla, operating with the Grand Fleet.[5]
Vanessa re-commissioned on 3 October, 1918.[6]
She was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 15 September, 1924 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[7]
Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 27 May, 1927 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla, which was now in the Mediterranean.[8]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Gerald C. Harrison, 10 April, 1918[9] – 25 January, 1919[10]
- Commander Edward O. Broadley, 28 September, 1918[11][12] – 1 February, 1920[13]
- Commander Henry M. Coombs, 1 February, 1920[14][15] – 18 January, 1921[16]
- Lieutenant-Commander Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager, 25 November, 1921[17] – 15 December, 1922[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander Joseph H. L. Yorke, 15 December, 1922[19][20] – December, 1923[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Norman A. G. Ohlenschlager, 8 January, 1924[22] – 13 July, 1926[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Gordon F. Hannay, 1 May, 1926 – May, 1928
- Lieutenant-Commander Bernard A. W. Warburton-Lee, 9 April, 1928[24][25] – July, 1930[26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Cyril F. Tower, 12 June, 1930[27]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
- ↑ Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
- ↑ Harrison Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/164. f. 568.
- ↑ Broadley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/309. f. 156.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1920). p. 879b.
- ↑ Broadley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/309. f. 156.
- ↑ Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879b.
- ↑ Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
- ↑ Ohlenschlager Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/275. f. 645.
- ↑ Ohlenschlager Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/275. f. 645.
- ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 827.
- ↑ Yorke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/260. f. 275.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
- ↑ Ohlenschlager Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/275. f. 645.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
- ↑ Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM196/146. f. 1.
- ↑ Warburton-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM196/146. f. 1.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 277.
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