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She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 September, 1924. By March, 1925 she was with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 283}} | She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 September, 1924. By March, 1925 she was with the {{UK-DF|2}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLApr25|p. 283}} | ||
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==Captains== | ==Captains== |
Revision as of 12:50, 12 February 2018
H.M.S. Viscount (1917) | |
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Pendant Number: | G.24 (Apr 1918)[1] |
Builder: | Thornycroft[2] |
Launched: | 29 Dec, 1917[3] |
Completed: | 4 Mar, 1918[4] |
Commissioned: | 13 Aug, 1920[5] |
Sold: | 20 Mar, 1945[6] |
H.M.S. Viscount was one of twenty-five "V" class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy in 1917-18.
Service
Viscount commissioned at Portsmouth on 13 August, 1920.[7]
She was re-commissioned at Chatham on 15 September, 1924. By March, 1925 she was with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]
Re-commissioned at the Nore on 27 May, 1927.[9]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander William G. A. Shuttleworth, 25 February, 1918[10] – 16 April, 1919[11]
- Lieutenant-Commander John M. Porter, 16 April, 1919[12][13] – 18 June, 1920[14]
- Commander James V. Creagh, 13 August, 1920[15] – 6 May, 1921[16]
- Commander (I Gr.) Thomas C. C. Bolster, 6 May, 1921[17] – 2 June, 1922[18] (and as Acting Interpreter in German)
- Lieutenant-Commander Colin S. Thomson, 2 June, 1922[19][20] – 8 April, 1924[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Vincent P. Freeman, 8 April, 1924[22] – 25 January, 1926
- Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey C. Fryer, 9 April, 1928[23]
- Acting Commander Vernon Hammersley-Heenan, 15 June, 1939[24] – 17 June, 1939[25]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 74.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 890.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 936.
- ↑ Shuttleworth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/165. f. 569.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 890.
- ↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
- ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
- ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 836.
- ↑ Thomson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/76. f. 432.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 283.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 283.
- ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
- ↑ Hammersley-Heenan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/289. ff. 303, 304.
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