H.M.S. Vanquisher (1917)

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H.M.S. Vanquisher (1917)
Pendant Number: F.3A (1917)
F.08 (Jan 1918)
H.0A (Jun 1918)
F.85 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Launched: 18 Aug, 1917[3]
Completed: 2 Oct, 1917[4]
Sold:

H.M.S. Vanquisher was one of 25 destroyers of the "V" class.

Service

In October, 1917, Vanquisher joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.[5]

She was re-commissioned on 2 November, 1920.[6]

Vanquisher was re-commissioned at Devonport on 15 September, 1924 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[7]

Vanquisher was re-commissioned at Devonport on 27 May, 1927 for service with the Second Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[8]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 19 November, 1929 to continue with 2 D.F..[9]

She was re-commissioned on 4 May 1933 for work with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla.[10]

In June of 1933, her bell was one of about 100 surplus bells announced as being for sale at prices ranging from £1 to £10. Preference would be given to those offers from men with a special consideration in the bell in question.[11]

Reduced to Special Complement on 2 June, 1936 for service with the First Anti-Submarine Flotilla at Portland.[12]

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. (October, 1917). p. 12.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879b.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 279.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 277.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 282.
  11. "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
  12. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 282.
  13. Beattie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/125. f. ?.
  14. The Navy List. (November, 1920). p. 879b.
  15. Beattie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/125. f. ?.
  16. Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  17. Landon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/35. f. 18.
  18. Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
  19. The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 279.
  20. Bate Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/180. f. 585.
  21. Percival Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/255. f. 303.
  22. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
  23. Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. ?.
  24. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 278.
  25. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  26. Lilley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/24. f. 24.
  27. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  28. McGrath Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/96. f. 95.
  29. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 277.
  30. Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
  31. Creswell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/79. f. 439.
  32. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  33. Simson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/149. f. 150.
  34. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 282.
  35. The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 282.
  36. "Command of the Veteran." The Times (London, England), 22 May 1936, p. 25.
  37. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 282.
  38. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  39. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  40. Uboat.net page on the ship.
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Bibliography


"V" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Vancouver Vanessa Vanity Vanquisher Vanoc
Vega Velox Vehement Venturous Vendetta
Venetia Verdun Versatile Verulam Vesper
  Vidette Violent Vimiera Vittoria  
  Vivacious Vivien Vortigern Vectis  
Thornycroft Specials
  Viceroy Viscount  
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