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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
Recommissioned at Devonport on 5 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 879}}
 
Recommissioned at Devonport on 5 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 879}}
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Re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923.{{NLFeb26|pp. 277-8}}
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In early 1925, she was operating with the {{UK-DF|6}} under the command of [[Lionel George Dawson]].<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>
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Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 May, 1926 for service with the {{UK-DF|6}} in the [[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]].{{NLFeb29|p. 276}}
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''Valhalla'' arrived at Sheerness on 20 January{{MoS|Thursday, January 22, 1931, Issue 45727, p.5}} and was reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 27 January, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 276}}  On 25 May, it was reported that she was to be one of ten destroyers from various reserves to be scrapped in the present year.{{ToL|Destroyers for Scrapping|Monday, May 25, 1931, Issue 45831, p.16}}
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By 9 February 1932, her remains had been towed from Sheerness to be broken up.{{ToL|Last of the Valhalla|Tuesday, February 9, 1932, Issue 46052, p.18}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of {{UK-Valhalla|f=p}}">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Valhalla|f=p}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Dashwood Fowler Moir|nick=Dashwood F. Moir|appt=16 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 923}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=12 July, 1917<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 398''p''}}|end=16 July, 1918<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=27 September, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 879}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Dashwood Fowler Moir|nick=Dashwood F. Moir|appt=16 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 923}}<ref>Moir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/232.|D7603484}} f. 236.</ref>|end=6 May, 1919<ref>Moir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/232.|D7603484}} f. 236.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Thornton Amedroz|nick=Reginald T. Amedroz|appt=6 May, 1919<ref>Amedroz Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/105.|D7603812}} f. 310.</ref>|end=27 September, 1919<ref>Amedroz Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/105.|D7603812}} f. 310.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=27 September, 1919<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 879}}|end=4 May, 1921<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Ramsey|nick=Charles G. Ramsey|appt=4 May, 1921<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>|end=25 April, 1922<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril James Herbert Hill|nick=Cyril J. H. Hill|appt=25 July, 1922|end=30 August, 1922}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Ioan Montagu Lawrence Scott|nick=Henry I. M. L. Scott|appt=30 August, 1922<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 825}}|end=2 July, 1923<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel George Dawson|nick=Lionel G. Dawson|ass=2 July, 1923<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>|appt=26 June, 1923<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|end=September, 1923<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Quintin Carter|nick=Eric Q. Carter|appt=1923<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|end=19 April, 1924<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|note=temporary, on exchange of Sixth and Seventh Destroyer Flotillas}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel George Dawson|nick=Lionel G. Dawson|appt=11 April, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 277}}<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|ass=19 April, 1924<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|end=14 July, 1925<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Mansel Porter|nick=John M. Porter|appt=7 July, 1925{{NLJul27|p. 277}}<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>|end=27 July, 1927<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Hext Wright|nick=Arthur E. H. Wright|appt=27 July, 1927<ref>Wright Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/170.|D7576684}} ff. ?, 177.</ref>|end=22 April, 1929<ref>Wright Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/170.|D7576684}} ff. ?, 177.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic Cyril Bradley|nick=Frederic C. Bradley|appt=December, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 276}}<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>|end=26 April, 1929<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Gregory Crace|nick=John G. Crace|appt=26 April, 1929<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|end=24 April, 1930<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Douglas Adams Budgen|nick=Douglas A. Budgen|appt=5 January, 1931<ref>Budgen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/267.|D7605352}} f. 637.</ref>|end=7 January, 1931<ref>Budgen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/267.|D7605352}} f. 637.</ref>}}
 
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</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 10:07, 9 July 2019

H.M.S. Valhalla (1917)
Pendant Number: F.9A (1917)
G.25 (Jan 1918)
G.45 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Launched: 22 May, 1917[3]
Sold: 17 Dec, 1931[4]

H.M.S. Valhalla was one of five "V" class flotilla leaders.

Service

Recommissioned at Devonport on 5 January, 1920.[5]

Re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923.[6]

In early 1925, she was operating with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lionel George Dawson.[7]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 May, 1926 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[8]

Valhalla arrived at Sheerness on 20 January[9] and was reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 27 January, 1931.[10] On 25 May, it was reported that she was to be one of ten destroyers from various reserves to be scrapped in the present year.[11]

By 9 February 1932, her remains had been towed from Sheerness to be broken up.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1926). pp. 277-8.
  7. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 276.
  9. "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Thursday, January 22, 1931, Issue 45727, p.5.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 276.
  11. "Destroyers for Scrapping." The Times (London, England), Monday, May 25, 1931, Issue 45831, p.16.
  12. "Last of the Valhalla." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, February 9, 1932, Issue 46052, p.18.
  13. Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  14. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398p.
  15. Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  16. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 923.
  17. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  18. Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  19. Amedroz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/105. f. 310.
  20. Amedroz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/105. f. 310.
  21. Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  22. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879.
  23. Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  24. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  25. Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  26. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
  27. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 825.
  28. Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
  29. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  30. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  31. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  32. Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  33. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 277.
  34. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  35. Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  36. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 277.
  37. Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  38. Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  39. Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/170. ff. ?, 177.
  40. Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/170. ff. ?, 177.
  41. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 276.
  42. Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  43. Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  44. Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  45. Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  46. Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/267. f. 637.
  47. Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/267. f. 637.

Bibliography


"V" Class Flotilla Leader
Vampire Valentine Valhalla Valorous Valkyrie
<– Parker Class Destroyer Leaders (UK) Shakespeare Class –>