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'''H.M.S. ''Vancouver''''' was one of twenty-five [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|"V" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.  She was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Vimy''''' in April, 1928.
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'''H.M.S. ''Vancouver''''' was one of twenty-five [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|"V" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.  She was renamed '''H.M.S. ''Vimy''''' on 1 April, 1928<ref>"Destroyer's Name Changed"  ''The Times'' (London, England), Monday, Mar 12, 1928; pg. 20; Issue 44839.</ref> when {{UK-Toreador|f=p}} was being renamed '''H.M.C.S. ''Vancouver''''' upon her transfer to the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Vancouver'' re-commissioned on 3 December, 1918.{{NLJan21|p. 879b}}
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''Vancouver'' re-commissioned on 3 December, 1918.{{NLJan21|p. 879''b''}}
  
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She re-commissioned as H.M.S. ''Vimy'' on 4 September, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 282''a''}}
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She was re-commissioned on 3 May, 1923.  By March 1925, she was with {{UK-DF|1}} in the Atlantic.{{NLApr25|p. 279}}
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She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 January, 1926 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Atlantic, where she operated under the command of [[James Chaigneau Colvill]].{{NLJul27|p. 278}}
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The ship was re-commissioned as '''H.M.S. ''Vimy''''' on 4 September, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 282''a''}} {{UK-Toreador}} took up her old name at the same time.
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Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 11 November, 1930 for work with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Atlantic Fleet,{{NLJul31|p. 282''a''}} remaining so deployed until at least early 1933.{{NLJan33|p. 286}}
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In 1934, her bell, inscribed ''Vimy'', was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1.  Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731}}
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''Vimy'' transferred to the Reserve Fleet at Portsmouth on 11 October, 1934.{{NLOct35|p. 288}}
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She was transferred to the Reserve Fleet at Portsmouth on 6 August, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 288}}
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By 1938, she had been converted to allow her to lay mines.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Vancouver''">
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Edward Meade Harris|nick=Robert E. M. Harris|appt=30 November, 1918{{NLDec20|p. 879''b''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Edward Meade Harris|nick=Robert E. M. Harris|appt=30 November, 1918{{NLDec20|p. 879''b''}}|end=20 April, 1921}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=20 April, 1921<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|end=27 June, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 837}}<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edward Chicheley Thornton|nick=Edward C. Thornton|appt=20 April, 1921<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>|end=27 June, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 837}}<ref>Thornton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/222.|D7605307}} f. 592.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Dawson Crawford Stanistreet|nick=Henry D. C. Stanistreet|appt=c. May, 1921<ref>Stanistreet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/240.|D7604995}} f. 254.</ref>|end=15 January, 1922<ref>Stanistreet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/240.|D7604995}} f. 254.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Dawson Crawford Stanistreet|nick=Henry D. C. Stanistreet|appt=c. May, 1921<ref>Stanistreet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/240.|D7604995}} f. 254.</ref>|end=15 January, 1922<ref>Stanistreet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/240.|D7604995}} f. 254.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hubert Stanley Braddyll|nick=Hubert S. Braddyll|appt=16 January, 1922<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>|end=12 April, 1922<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>|note=temporary}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hubert Stanley Braddyll|nick=Hubert S. Braddyll|appt=16 January, 1922<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>|end=12 April, 1922<ref>Braddyll Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|D7604624}} f. 280.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Arthur Pearce Foster|nick=Frederick A. P. Foster|appt=12 April, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 827}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Arthur Pearce Foster|nick=Frederick A. P. Foster|appt=12 April, 1922{{NLJan23|p. 827}}|end=6 May, 1924}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gordon Fraser Hannay|nick=Gordon F. Hannay|appt=6 May, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 278}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gordon Fraser Hannay|nick=Gordon F. Hannay|appt=6 May, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 279}}|end=7 January, 1926}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Chaigneau Colvill|nick=James C. Colvill|appt=November, 1925<ref>Colvill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/7.|D7605763}} f. 7.</ref>|end=3 April, 1928<ref>Colvill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/7.|D7605763}} f. 7.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Chaigneau Colvill|nick=James C. Colvill|appt=November, 1925<ref>Colvill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/7.|D7605763}} f. 7.</ref>|end=3 April, 1928<ref>Colvill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/7.|D7605763}} f. 7.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alan MacGregor Sheffield|nick=Alan MacG. Sheffield|appt=17 July, 1928|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Chaigneau Colvill|nick=James C. Colvill|appt=February, 1926|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alan MacGregor Sheffield|nick=Alan MacG. Sheffield|appt=17 July, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 282''a''}}|end=c. late 1928{{FC}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''|note=transferred out, undated, to {{UK-Vesper}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alan MacGregor Sheffield|nick=Alan MacG. Sheffield|appt=November, 1929|end=1 April, 1930|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''|note=transferred in from {{UK-Vesper}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Ronald Mawson Black|nick=Arthur R. M. Black|appt=1 April, 1930<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/149.|}} f. 149.</ref>|end=22 April, 1932<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/149.|}} f. 149.</ref>|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter James Burberry Handley|nick=Walter J. B. Handley|appt=22 April, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 286}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Herbert Mohun Vaughan|nick=Francis H. M. Vaughan|appt=c. 1936|end=|note=loaned here during during ''Woolston's'' refit|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=St. John Aldrich Micklethwait|nick=St. John A. Micklethwait|appt=September, 1938{{ToL|Royal Navy|14 Sept. 1938, p. 15}}|end=|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ivo Thomas Clark|nick=Ivo T. Clark|appt=15 June, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|end=8 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin George Walter Donald|nick=Colin G. W. Donald|appt=8 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|end=23 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''|note=died while in command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard George Kirby Knowling|nick=Richard G. K. Knowling|appt=23 May, 1940{{UBAlly|1444}}|end=28 May, 1940|note=died while in command|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Adrian Paul Northey|nick=Adrian P. Northey|appt=28 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|end=30 May, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Michael Wentworth Ewart-Wentworth|nick=Michael W. Ewart-Wentworth|appt=30 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|end=20 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Dermod James Boris Jewitt|nick=Dermod J. B. Jewitt|appt=20 July, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|end=early 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Graham Dudley de Chair|nick=Henry G. D. de Chair|appt=20 May, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|end=1 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRNR}}|name=Richard Been Stannard|nick=Richard B. Stannard|appt=1 December, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|end=28 March, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Neil Kelly Knight|nick=John N. K. Knight|appt=28 March, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|end=24 June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Karl Henry John Lynch Phibbs|nick=Karl H. J. L. Phibbs|appt=24 June, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|5454}}|as=Captain of H.M.S. ''Vimy''}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
  

Latest revision as of 11:24, 1 September 2021

H.M.S. Vancouver (1917)
Pendant Number: G.04 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: William Beardmore & Company[2]
Launched: 28 Dec, 1917[3]
Completed: 9 Mar, 1918[4]
Sold: 4 Mar, 1947[5]

H.M.S. Vancouver was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18. She was renamed H.M.S. Vimy on 1 April, 1928[6] when H.M.S. Toreador was being renamed H.M.C.S. Vancouver upon her transfer to the Royal Canadian Navy.

Service

Vancouver re-commissioned on 3 December, 1918.[7]

She was re-commissioned on 3 May, 1923. By March 1925, she was with First Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic.[8]

She re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 7 January, 1926 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic, where she operated under the command of James Chaigneau Colvill.[9]

The ship was re-commissioned as H.M.S. Vimy on 4 September, 1928.[10] Toreador took up her old name at the same time.

Re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 11 November, 1930 for work with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet,[11] remaining so deployed until at least early 1933.[12]

In 1934, her bell, inscribed Vimy, was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1. Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.[13]

Vimy transferred to the Reserve Fleet at Portsmouth on 11 October, 1934.[14]

She was transferred to the Reserve Fleet at Portsmouth on 6 August, 1936.[15]

By 1938, she had been converted to allow her to lay mines.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  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. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  6. ↑ "Destroyer's Name Changed" The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 12, 1928; pg. 20; Issue 44839.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 278.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 282a.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
  13. ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 288.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 288.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879b.
  17. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 837.
  19. ↑ Thornton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/222. f. 592.
  20. ↑ Stanistreet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/240. f. 254.
  21. ↑ Stanistreet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/240. f. 254.
  22. ↑ Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
  23. ↑ Braddyll Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. 280.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 827.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
  26. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  27. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
  29. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  30. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/149. f. 149.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 286.
  32. ↑ "Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), 14 Sept. 1938, p. 15.
  33. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  34. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  35. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  36. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  37. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  38. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  49. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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