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''Vansittart'' was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Crew on 2 May, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 277}}
 
''Vansittart'' was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Crew on 2 May, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 277}}
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Reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 27 May, 1932.{{NLJul37|p. 282}}
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In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10.  Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.{{ToL|Warships' Bells|12 June 1933, p. 11}}
  
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Bush|nick=Charles F. Bush|appt=18 October, 1919<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 879''b''}}|end=May, 1921<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>|note=and for duty with Captain Superintendent, T.B.Ds.|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Bush|nick=Charles F. Bush|appt=18 October, 1919<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 879''b''}}|end=May, 1921<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>|note=and for duty with Captain Superintendent, T.B.Ds.|precBy=New Command}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=14 July, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 827}}|end=July, 1923<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=14 July, 1921{{NLJan23|p. 827}}|end=July, 1923<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edmund Francis FitzGerald|nick=Edmund F. FitzGerald|appt=9 July, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 279}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Edmund Francis FitzGerald|nick=Edmund F. FitzGerald|appt=9 July, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 279}}|end=March, 1925<ref>FitzGerald Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/18.|}}  f. 370.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Langton Cavaye|nick=Frederick L. Cavaye|appt=10 March, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 279}}<ref>Cavaye Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/100.|D7605511}} f. 99.</ref>|end=9 March, 1927<ref>Cavaye Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/100.|D7605511}} f. 99.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frederick Langton Cavaye|nick=Frederick L. Cavaye|appt=10 March, 1925{{NLApr25|p. 279}}<ref>Cavaye Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/100.|D7605511}} f. 99.</ref>|end=9 March, 1927<ref>Cavaye Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/100.|D7605511}} f. 99.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Harold Young|nick=John H. Young|appt=18 February, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 278}}|end=1929}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Harold Young|nick=John H. Young|appt=18 February, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 278}}|end=1929}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Charles Lucas Mackenzie|nick=Colin C. L. Mackenzie|appt=2 May, 1934|end=c. June, 1934|note=lent for passage to Portsmouth}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Colin Charles Lucas Mackenzie|nick=Colin C. L. Mackenzie|appt=2 May, 1934|end=c. June, 1934|note=lent for passage to Portsmouth}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard George Kirby Knowling|nick=Richard G. K. Knowling|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAlly|1444}}|end=1 October, 1939{{UBAlly|1444}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard George Kirby Knowling|nick=Richard G. K. Knowling|appt=31 July, 1939{{UBAlly|1444}}|end=1 October, 1939{{UBAlly|1444}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Michael Culme-Seymour|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=1 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=6 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=William Charles Bushell|nick=William C. Bushell|appt=6 November, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=17 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Evershed|nick=Walter Evershed|appt=17 January, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=30 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard Lindsay Stephen Gaisford|nick=Richard L. S. Gaisford|appt=30 August, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=28 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Johnston|nick=Thomas Johnston|appt=28 April, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=13 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Douglas Hayes|nick=John D. Hayes|appt=13 December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=20 March, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Harry Edgecombe|nick=Harry Edgecombe|appt=30 May, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=mid 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary {{LiCRNR}}|name=Walter James Parker|nick=Walter J. Parker|appt=mid 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=15 July, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Temporary Acting {{LCommRNVR}}|name=Kennedy Blair Sylvester Brown|nick=Kennedy B. S. Brown|appt=15 July, 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}|end=late 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4272}}}}
 
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H.M.S. Vansittart (1919)
Pendant Number: D.64 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: William Beardmore & Company[2]
Ordered: Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3]
Launched: 17 Apr, 1919[4]
Completed: 5 Nov, 1919[5]
Commissioned: 22 Oct, 1919[6]
Sold: 25 Feb, 1946[7]

H.M.S. Vansittart was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class. She was completed after the war.

Service

Vansittart was commissioned on 22 October, 1919.[8]

She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 8 October, 1923. By March 1925, she was part of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]

She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 29 April, 1926 for continued service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[10]

The ship re-commissioned on 21 August, 1928 for service with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[11]

Vansittart was re-commissioned at Chatham with Reserve Crew on 2 May, 1930.[12]

Reduced to Maintenance Reserve at Rosyth on 27 May, 1932.[13]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[14]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 278.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 277.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 282.
  14. ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  15. ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879b.
  17. ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 827.
  19. ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 279.
  21. ↑ FitzGerald Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/18. f. 370.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
  23. ↑ Cavaye Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/100. f. 99.
  24. ↑ Cavaye Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/100. f. 99.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
  26. ↑ Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
  27. ↑ Voysey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/177. f. 179.
  28. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  29. ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
  30. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  31. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  32. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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 ship.
  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.

Bibliography


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