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Revision as of 15:43, 16 February 2018
H.M.S. Verity (1919) | |
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Pendant Number: | F.36 (Sep 1919)[1] |
Builder: | John Brown[2] |
Ordered: | Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3] |
Launched: | 19 Mar, 1919[4] |
Commissioned: | 11 Sep, 1919[5] |
Sold: | 4 Mar, 1947[6] |
H.M.S. Verity was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.
Service
Verity was commissioned/completed on either 11[7] or 17 September, [8] 1919.
She was re-commissioned on 6 July, 1923. By March 1925 she was with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]
Paid off into Dockyard Control at Sheerness on 29 October, 1928.[10]
She paid off into Reserve at Chatham on 6 May, 1931.[11]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Brian C. Gourley, 9 September, 1919[12] – May, 1921[13]
- Commander Montague R. Bernard, May, 1921[14] – May, 1922[15]
- Commander William J. Whitworth, April, 1922[16] – 30 May, 1922[17]
- Commander Alban T. B. Curteis, 30 May, 1922[18][19] – 1925[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander Alexander M. Donovan, February, 1925[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Stuart A. Buss, 3 February, 1933[22]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 881.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 279.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 881.
- ↑ Gourley Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/33. f. 38.
- ↑ Bernard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/96. f. ?.
- ↑ Inferred from Curteis's record and a cancelled appointment for Bernard that month.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
- ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 280.
- ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 279a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 283.
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