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| H.M.S. Verdun (1917) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | F.2A (1917) F.91 (Jan 1918) F.16 (Sep 1918)[1] |
| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2] |
| Launched: | 21 Aug, 1917[3] |
| Commissioned: | 16 Oct, 1917[4] |
| Sold: | |
H.M.S. Verdun was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Verdun was completed/commissioned on either 16 October, 1917[5] or 3 November.[6]
She was assigned to the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in October.[7]
Verdun was re-commissioned at Portsmouth on 4 December, 1923.[8]
She was re-commissioned with Reserve Crew on 23 November, 1925.[9]
She re-commissioned with Reserve Crew at Sheerness on 15 September, 1926.[10]
Verdun commissioned on 18 November, 1927.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Geoffrey Corlett, October, 1917[12] – 17 October, 1917[13]
- Commander Evelyn C. O. Thomson, 16 October, 1917[14] – 30 April, 1919[15]
- Lieutenant in Command Edward T. W. Church, 18 April, 1918 – April, 1918 (temporary, while Thomson is sick)
- Lieutenant-Commander James R. C. Cavendish, 26 July, 1918[16] – September, 1918[17] (temporary)
- Lieutenant-Commander Colin S. Thomson, 30 April, 1919[18][19] – 20 November, 1921[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin, 20 November, 1921[21] – 22 August, 1922[22]
- Lieutenant-Commander Franklin Ratsey, 25 August, 1922[23] – 16 January, 1923
- Lieutenant-Commander John M. Porter, 16 January, 1923[24] – 12 December, 1923[25]
- Lieutenant-Commander Hamilton E. Snepp, 12 December, 1923[26][27] – 2 December, 1924[28]
- Lieutenant-Commander Herbert Owen, 3 December, 1924[29] – 23 November, 1925
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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881. I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881. I am presuming the 1919 year given is a typo.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1917). p. 12.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 279a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 279.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 283.
- ↑ Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
- ↑ Corlett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/47. f. 252.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 925a.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
- ↑ Cavendish Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/19. ff. 179, 235.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ 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. (January, 1923). p. 829.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 280.
- ↑ Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
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