H.M.S. Vimiera (1917)
H.M.S. Vimiera (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | F.28 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Swan Hunter[2] |
Launched: | 22 Jun, 1917[3] |
Completed: | 19 Sep, 1917[4] |
Mined: | 9 Jan, 1942[5] |
H.M.S. Vimiera was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
In August, 1917, Vimiera was assigned to the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[6] She commissioned on 5 September, 1917.[7]
She was reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 7 October, 1920.[8]
Vimiera was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Crew on 15 August, 1924. By March 1925, she was attached to the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]
She re-commissioned at the Nore on 25 January, 1927 and was assigned to First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]
The ship was re-commissioned at the Nore on 25 January, 1927.[11]
Vimiera completed to full complement on 11 June, 1929 for work with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[12]
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 29 December, 1931 for continued service with the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[13]
Vimiera was reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 8 May, 1933.[14]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Dashwood F. Moir, 4 September, 1917[15][16] – 16 July, 1918[17]
- Commander Aubrey T. Tillard, 16 July, 1918[18][19] – 17 January, 1919[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Evans, 27 January, 1919[21][22] – 2 January, 1922[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles M. Blackman, 2 January, 1922[24][25] – 6 May, 1924[26]
- Lieutenant-Commander Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin, 6 May, 1924[27][28] – July, 1924[29] (briefly went to Vesper before returning on 15 August)
- Lieutenant-Commander Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin, 15 August, 1924[30] – 29 May, 1926[31]
- Lieutenant-Commander Valentine Searles-Wood, 1 May, 1926[32] – November, 1928[33] (end date may be read incorrectly here)
- Lieutenant-Commander Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke, 5 January, 1929[34] – 20 April, 1929
- Lieutenant-Commander Donald H. M. Leggatt, 12 June, 1931[35]
- Lieutenant-Commander Roger B. N. Hicks, 15 January, 1940[36] – 26 February, 1941[37]
- Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Angus A. Mackenzie, 26 February, 1941[38] – 9 January, 1942[39] (ship lost under his command)
John Alan Pennington Legh was to be appointed on 17 January, 1919[40], but this was cancelled according to his Service Record.
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.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 83.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 889.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 288.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398z.
- ↑ Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
- ↑ Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 935.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ Tillard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 95.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/28. f. 31.
- ↑ Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 836.
- ↑ Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?.
- ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 284.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Wyndham-Quin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/322. f. 696.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 282a.
- ↑ Searles-Wood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/145/317. f. 315.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 935.
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