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''Versatile'' was one of 25 destroyers of the [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|V]] class.
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'''H.M.S. ''Versatile''''' was one of twenty-five [["V" Class Destroyer (1917)|"V" class destroyers]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]] in 1917-18.
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==Service==
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''Versatile'' joined the {{UK-DF|11}} in February, 1918{{SMNLFeb18|p. 12}} and remained with that formation until it was disbanded in March, 1919, at which point she was allocated along with the Eleventh's other "V"s to the new {{UK-DF|1}}.{{SMNLMar19|p. 11}}
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She re-commissioned on 10 December, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 883}}
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''Versatile'' rammed and sank the submerged submarine {{UK-H42}} with all hands during Atlantic Fleet operations near Gibraltar on 23 March, 1922, suffering damage which required repair in Gibraltar.
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She re-commissioned on 3 May, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 281}}
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She was re-commissioned on 6 January, 1926.{{NLFeb26|p. 281}}
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She commissioned for trials at Chatham on 25 May, 1927 and took up service with the {{UK-DF|5}} in the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJul27|p. 280}}
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The destroyer was re-commissioned at the Nore on 4 September, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 280}}
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She re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 November, 1930 for service with the {{UK-DF|5}} of the Atlantic Fleet.{{NLJul31|p. 279''a''}}
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Commissioned in Reserve at The Nore on 15 July, 1932.{{NLOct35|p. 285}}
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Re-commissioned on 11 January, 1933 for continued service with 5 D.F., now part of the Home Fleet.{{NLJul34|p. 285}}
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Reduced to Reserve at The Nore on 1 September, 1936.{{NLJul37|p. 285}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Charles Wynter|nick=Gerald C. Wynter|appt=19 January, 1918{{NLNov20|p. 883}}|end=November, 1920|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Evelyn Harry Byrd Levett Scrivener|nick=Evelyn H. B. L. Scrivener|appt=19 May, 1920|end=14 June, 1920|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Victor Lindsey Arbuthnot Campbell|nick=Victor L. A. Campbell|appt=6 December, 1920<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/151.|D8116783}} f. 184.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 883}}|end=14 September, 1922<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/151.|D8116783}} f. 184.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=14 September, 1922<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 831}}|end=21 May, 1923<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Fawcett|nick=John Fawcett|appt=April, 1923{{NLApr25|p. 281}}<ref>Fawcett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604265}} f. ?.</ref>|ass=21 May, 1923<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|end=7 February, 1926<ref>Fawcett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|D7604265}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Alexander Leslie Fletcher|nick=Alexander L. Fletcher|appt=9 February, 1926<ref>Fletcher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/.|D7604570}} f. ?.</ref>|end=1 April, 1926<ref>Fletcher Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/.|D7604570}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Martin John Coucher de Meric|nick=Martin J. C. de Meric|appt=1 May, 1926<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>|end=31 March, 1927<ref>de Meric Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/284.|D7605039}} f. 299.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=31 March, 1927<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>|end=20 April, 1927<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.  Date is that of  re-commissioning of ''Vesper''.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Colin Sinclair Thomson|nick=Colin S. Thomson|appt=June, 1927<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>{{NLJul27|p. 280}}|end=March, 1929<ref>Thomson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/76.|D7576711}} f. 432.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Napier Thomason Beckett|nick=Walter N. T. Beckett|appt=March, 1929<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>|end=25 June, 1929<ref>Beckett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/100.|D7605856}} f. 100.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke|nick=Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke|appt=25 June, 1929|end=November, 1930}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Foster Barham Carslake|nick=John F. B. Carslake|appt=8 November, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 279''a''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claude Preston Hermon-Hodge|nick=Claude P. Hermon-Hodge|appt=4 August, 1931|end=10 August, 1932}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Henry Jauncey|nick=John H. Jauncey|appt=12 June, 1940<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 488.</ref>|end=25 April, 1941<ref>Jauncey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/132.|D7576717}} f. 488.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Rhoderick Robert McGrigor|nick=Rhoderick R. McGrigor|appt=10 August, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 283}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Buller Turner|nick=Cecil B. Turner|appt=8 January, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 285}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} (in Command?)|name=Francis Alexander Linley Heron Watson|nick=Francis A. L. H. Watson|appt=1 August, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 285}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Thomas Andrew Hussey|nick=Thomas A. Hussey|appt=15 June, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}|end=June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=John Henry Jauncey|nick=John H. Jauncey|appt=June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}|end=29 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Jack Barrington Palmer|nick=Jack B. Palmer|appt=29 April, 1941{{UBAlly|1902}}|end=November, 1942{{UBAlly|1902}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Denis Guy Douglas Hall-Wright|nick=Denis G. D. Hall-Wright|appt=November, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}|end=early 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Stuart Corlett|nick=Geoffrey S. Corlett|appt=1 September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}|end=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gilbert Charles Potter|nick=Gilbert C. Potter|appt=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}|end=3 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Alfred Lee Harper|nick=Alfred L. Harper|appt=3 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}}}
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Revision as of 18:24, 8 July 2019

H.M.S. Versatile (1917)
Pendant Number: F.29 (1917)
G.10 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Launched: 31 Oct, 1917[3]
Completed: 11 Feb, 1918[4]
Sold:

H.M.S. Versatile was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.

Service

Versatile joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla in February, 1918[5] and remained with that formation until it was disbanded in March, 1919, at which point she was allocated along with the Eleventh's other "V"s to the new First Destroyer Flotilla.[6]

She re-commissioned on 10 December, 1920.[7]

Versatile rammed and sank the submerged submarine H 42 with all hands during Atlantic Fleet operations near Gibraltar on 23 March, 1922, suffering damage which required repair in Gibraltar.

She re-commissioned on 3 May, 1923.[8]

She was re-commissioned on 6 January, 1926.[9]

She commissioned for trials at Chatham on 25 May, 1927 and took up service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[10]

The destroyer was re-commissioned at the Nore on 4 September, 1928.[11]

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 November, 1930 for service with the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet.[12]

Commissioned in Reserve at The Nore on 15 July, 1932.[13]

Re-commissioned on 11 January, 1933 for continued service with 5 D.F., now part of the Home Fleet.[14]

Reduced to Reserve at The Nore on 1 September, 1936.[15]

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. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 12.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 11.
  7. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
  8. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.
  9. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 281.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 280.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.
  14. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
  15. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 285.
  16. The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 883.
  17. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
  19. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.
  20. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  21. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 831.
  22. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  23. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.
  24. Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  25. Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
  26. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
  27. Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
  28. de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  29. de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
  30. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  31. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432. Date is that of re-commissioning of Vesper.
  32. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  33. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
  34. Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
  35. Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  36. Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.
  38. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  39. Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
  40. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 283.
  41. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
  42. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.
  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 man.
  48. Uboat.net page on the man.
  49. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  50. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  51. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  52. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  53. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  54. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  55. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  56. Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


"V" Class Destroyer
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Venetia Verdun Versatile Verulam Vesper
  Vidette Violent Vimiera Vittoria  
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  Viceroy Viscount  
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