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'''H.M.S. ''Veteran''''' was one of 15 destroyers of the [[Modified "W" Class Destroyer (1918)|Modified "W" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Veteran''''' was one of fifteen destroyers of the [[Modified "W" Class Destroyer (1918)|Modified "W" class]].  She was completed after the war.
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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Commissioned on 30 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 883}}
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''Veteran'' was commissioned on 30 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 883}}
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She was re-commissioned on 6 July, 1923.{{NLApr25|p. 281}}
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She was re-commissioned on 2 February, 1926.{{NLJul27|p. 280}}
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''Veteran'' was re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1928.{{NLFeb29|p. 280}}
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The ship re-commissioned with Reserve complement at Chatham on 24 April, 1930.{{NLJul31|p. 279''a''}}
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She re-commissioned at Chatham on 11 December, 1931.{{NLJan33|p. 283}}
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She re-commissioned at [[Hong Kong]] on 2 April, 1934 for service with the {{UK-DF|8}} on the [[China Station]].{{NLJul34|p. 285}}
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By October 1935, she was attached to the {{UK-DF|1}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLOct35|p. 285}}
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Re-commissioned on 31 March, 1937 in the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.{{NLJul37|p. 285}}
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==Equipment==
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In 1923, she was one of five destroyers and flotilla leader types to be given new, opalescent glass dials with sixteen orders for their [[Chadburn's Torpedo Telegraph]]s, an increase from the twelve orders in the original design.  They required new gearing to match.  It was resolved that further installations of this type should occur "as soon as financial conditions permit of it."{{ARTS1923|p. 136}}
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In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1.  Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.{{ToL|Ships' Bells for Sale|Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Veteran''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Veteran|f=p}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield|nick=Walter H. G. Fallowfield|appt=29 October, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 883}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Walter Herman Gordon Fallowfield|nick=Walter H. G. Fallowfield|appt=29 October, 1919<ref>Fallowfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 883}}|end=May, 1921<ref>Fallowfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/242.|D7576704}} f. 243.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Henry Hulton Sams|nick=Cecil H. H. Sams|appt=June, 1921<ref>Sams Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/126/179.|}} f. 179.</ref>|end=2 January, 1922<ref>Sams Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/126/179.|}} f. 179.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Jock Whitworth|nick=William J. Whitworth|appt=3 January, 1922<ref>Whitworth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/232.|D7576669}} f. 117.</ref>|end=April, 1922<ref>Whitworth Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/232.|D7576669}} f. 117.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Bush|nick=Charles F. Bush|appt=April, 1922<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>|end=6 June, 1923<ref>Bush Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/129.|D7576716}} f. 485.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Thomas Charles Alexander Heathcote Ouchterlony|nick=Thomas C. A. H. Ouchterlony|appt=1 July, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 281}}|end=25 October, 1924}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Frederick Bush|nick=Charles F. Bush|appt=25 October, 1924{{NLApr25|p. 281}}|end=May, 1925}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''I''', ''Rs.'')|name=Henry Clanchy|nick=Henry Clanchy|appt=May, 1925<ref>Clanchy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/180.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=20 May, 1927<ref>Clanchy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/180.|}} f. 180.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Victor Solomon Joseph Marsden|nick=Charles V. S. J. Marsden|appt=20 May, 1927{{NLFeb29|p. 280}}|end=June, 1929<ref>Pawsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/128.|}} f. 127.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Thurston Wake Pawsey|nick=Henry T. W. Pawsey|appt=June, 1929<ref>Pawsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/128.|}} f. 127.</ref>|end=10 April, 1930<ref>Pawsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/128.|}} f. 127.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Drinkwater|nick=John Drinkwater|appt=1 July, 1931|end=10 August, 1931|note=for trials}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Dalby|nick=Robert Dalby|appt=c. late 1931{{ToL|Command of the Torrid|Monday, Jul 11, 1932; pg. 17; Issue 46182}}|end=c. mid-February 1932{{INF}}|note=taking ship out to [[China Station]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Frank Clutton Husband-Clutton|nick=Frank C. Husband-Clutton|appt=14 February, 1932<ref>Husband-Clutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/126.|}} f. 126.</ref>{{NLJan33|p. 283}}|end=April, 1933<ref>Husband-Clutton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/126.|}} f. 126.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Ian Reddie Hamilton Black|nick=Ian R. H. Black|appt=10 March, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 285}}|end=October, 1934<ref>Black Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/124/134.|D7617130}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Nigel Oliver|nick=Geoffrey N. Oliver|appt=December, 1934{{NLOct35|p. 285}}|end=June, 1936<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/123/78.|}} f. 78.</ref>|note=transferred in from {{UK-Diana}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Godfrey Noel Brewer|nick=Godfrey N. Brewer|appt=c. June, 1936{{ToL|Command of the Veteran|22 May 1936, p. 25}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Richard George Onslow|nick=Richard G. Onslow|appt=c. September, 1936{{NavAppts|4 Sept. 1936, p. 17}}|end=|note=upon commissioning}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Egerton Broome|nick=John E. Broome|appt=11 October, 1939{{UBAllyWarship|5440}}|end=4 December, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5440}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Walter Thomas Couchman|nick=Walter T. Couchman|appt=4 December, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|5440}}|end=6 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5440}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=William Edward James Eames|nick=William E. J. Eames|appt=6 July, 1941{{UBAllyWarship|5440}}|end=19 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5440}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Trevor Henry Garwood|nick=Trevor H. Garwood|appt=19 August, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5440}}|end=26 September, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|5440}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship lost under his command}}
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 10:03, 3 January 2022

H.M.S. Veteran (1919)
Pendant Number: D.72 (Nov 1919)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Ordered: Apr, 1918 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 26 Apr, 1919[4]
Completed: 13 Nov, 1919[5]
Commissioned: 30 Oct, 1919[6]
Torpedoed: 26 Sep, 1942[7]
Fate: by U-404 in North Atlantic

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

Service

Veteran was commissioned on 30 October, 1919.[8]

She was re-commissioned on 6 July, 1923.[9]

She was re-commissioned on 2 February, 1926.[10]

Veteran was re-commissioned at Devonport on 16 October, 1928.[11]

The ship re-commissioned with Reserve complement at Chatham on 24 April, 1930.[12]

She re-commissioned at Chatham on 11 December, 1931.[13]

She re-commissioned at Hong Kong on 2 April, 1934 for service with the Eighth Destroyer Flotilla on the China Station.[14]

By October 1935, she was attached to the First Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[15]

Re-commissioned on 31 March, 1937 in the Reserve Fleet at The Nore.[16]

Equipment

In 1923, she was one of five destroyers and flotilla leader types to be given new, opalescent glass dials with sixteen orders for their Chadburn's Torpedo Telegraphs, an increase from the twelve orders in the original design. They required new gearing to match. It was resolved that further installations of this type should occur "as soon as financial conditions permit of it."[17]

In 1934, her bell was offered for sale to naval officers and others who might be interested, at the price of £5 or perhaps £1. Interested parties were to write the Director of Stores and were urged to include any special information which might convey the importance they attach to the bell, in light of the Admiralty's understanding that such items carry great sentimental value.[18]

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. 883.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 883.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). 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. (January, 1933). p. 283.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 285.
  17. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1923. p. 136.
  18. ↑ "Ships' Bells for Sale." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 18, 1934; pg. 4; Issue 46731.
  19. ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 883.
  21. ↑ Fallowfield Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/242. f. 243.
  22. ↑ Sams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/126/179. f. 179.
  23. ↑ Sams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/126/179. f. 179.
  24. ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
  25. ↑ Whitworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/232. f. 117.
  26. ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
  27. ↑ Bush Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/129. f. 485.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 281.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 281.
  30. ↑ Clanchy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/180. f. 180.
  31. ↑ Clanchy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/180. f. 180.
  32. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 280.
  33. ↑ Pawsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/128. f. 127.
  34. ↑ Pawsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/128. f. 127.
  35. ↑ Pawsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/128. f. 127.
  36. ↑ "Command of the Torrid." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jul 11, 1932; pg. 17; Issue 46182.
  37. ↑ Husband-Clutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/126. f. 126.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 283.
  39. ↑ Husband-Clutton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/126. f. 126.
  40. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 285.
  41. ↑ Black Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/124/134. f. ?.
  42. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 285.
  43. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/123/78. f. 78.
  44. ↑ "Command of the Veteran." The Times (London, England), 22 May 1936, p. 25.
  45. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 Sept. 1936, p. 17.
  46. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  47. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  48. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  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.

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