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|launch=31 Oct, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} | |launch=31 Oct, 1917{{Conways1906|p. 83}} | ||
− | |builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie]]{{Conways1906|p. 83}} | + | |comp=11 Feb, 1918{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 312}} |
+ | |builder=[[Hawthorn Leslie & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 83}} | ||
|pend=F.29 (1917)<br>G.10 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} | |pend=F.29 (1917)<br>G.10 (Jan 1918){{DittColl|p. 72}} | ||
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> | ||
− | ''Versatile'' was one of | + | '''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== | ||
+ | ''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. | ||
− | <div name=fredbot: | + | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Versatile''"> |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Gerald Charles Wynter|nick=Gerald C. Wynter|appt=19 January, 1918{{NLNov20|p. 883}}|end=November, 1920|precBy=New Command}} | ||
+ | {{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}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Edmund Gerard Noel Rushbrooke|nick=Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke|appt=25 June, 1929|end=November, 1930}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Foster Barham Carslake|nick=John F. B. Carslake|appt=8 November, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 279''a''}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Claude Preston Hermon-Hodge|nick=Claude P. Hermon-Hodge|appt=4 August, 1931|end=10 August, 1932}} | ||
+ | {{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>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Rhoderick Robert McGrigor|nick=Rhoderick R. McGrigor|appt=10 August, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 283}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Buller Turner|nick=Cecil B. Turner|appt=8 January, 1934{{NLJul34|p. 285}}|end=}} | ||
+ | {{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=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=Thomas Andrew Hussey|nick=Thomas A. Hussey|appt=15 June, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}|end=June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired)|name=John Henry Jauncey|nick=John H. Jauncey|appt=June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}|end=29 April, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Jack Barrington Palmer|nick=Jack B. Palmer|appt=29 April, 1941{{UBAlly|1902}}|end=November, 1942{{UBAlly|1902}}}} | ||
+ | {{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}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Stuart Corlett|nick=Geoffrey S. Corlett|appt=1 September, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}|end=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Gilbert Charles Potter|nick=Gilbert C. Potter|appt=December, 1943{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}|end=3 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Alfred Lee Harper|nick=Alfred L. Harper|appt=3 October, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}|end=mid 1945{{UBAllyWarship|4262}}}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
{{refbegin}} | {{refbegin}} | ||
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H.M.S. Versatile (1917) | |
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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.
- Commander Gerald C. Wynter, 19 January, 1918[16] – November, 1920
- Commander Evelyn H. B. L. Scrivener, 19 May, 1920 – 14 June, 1920 (temporary)
- Commander Victor L. A. Campbell, 6 December, 1920[17][18] – 14 September, 1922[19]
- Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 14 September, 1922[20][21] – 21 May, 1923[22]
- Commander John Fawcett, April, 1923[23][24] – 7 February, 1926[25]
- Commander Alexander L. Fletcher, 9 February, 1926[26] – 1 April, 1926[27]
- Lieutenant-Commander Martin J. C. de Meric, 1 May, 1926[28] – 31 March, 1927[29]
- Commander Colin S. Thomson, 31 March, 1927[30] – 20 April, 1927[31]
- Commander Colin S. Thomson, June, 1927[32][33] – March, 1929[34]
- Lieutenant-Commander Walter N. T. Beckett, March, 1929[35] – 25 June, 1929[36]
- Commander Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke, 25 June, 1929 – November, 1930
- Captain John F. B. Carslake, 8 November, 1930[37]
- Captain Claude P. Hermon-Hodge, 4 August, 1931 – 10 August, 1932
- Commander John H. Jauncey, 12 June, 1940[38] – 25 April, 1941[39]
- Commander Rhoderick R. McGrigor, 10 August, 1932[40]
- Commander Cecil B. Turner, 8 January, 1934[41]
- Lieutenant (in Command?) Francis A. L. H. Watson, 1 August, 1935[42]
- Commander (retired) Thomas A. Hussey, 15 June, 1939[43] – June, 1940[44]
- Commander (retired) John H. Jauncey, June, 1940[45] – 29 April, 1941[46]
- Lieutenant-Commander Jack B. Palmer, 29 April, 1941[47] – November, 1942[48]
- Lieutenant in Command Denis G. D. Hall-Wright, November, 1942[49] – early 1943[50]
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey S. Corlett, 1 September, 1943[51] – December, 1943[52]
- Lieutenant in Command Gilbert C. Potter, December, 1943[53] – 3 October, 1944[54]
- Lieutenant in Command Alfred L. Harper, 3 October, 1944[55] – mid 1945[56]
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.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 312.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1918). p. 12.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 281.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 883.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/151. f. 184.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 831.
- ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.
- ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Fawcett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. ?.
- ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ Fletcher Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/. f. ?.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ de Meric Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/284. f. 299.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432. Date is that of re-commissioning of Vesper.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 280.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ Beckett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/100. f. 100.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 279a.
- ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
- ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the man.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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