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==Service==
==Service==
Recommissioned at Devonport on 5 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 879}}
Recommissioned at Devonport on 5 January, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 879}}
Re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923.{{NLFeb26|pp. 277-8}}


In early 1925, she was operating with the {{UK-DF|6}} under the command of [[Lionel George Dawson]].<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>
In early 1925, she was operating with the {{UK-DF|6}} under the command of [[Lionel George Dawson]].<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>
Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 May, 1926 for service with the {{UK-DF|6}} in the [[Atlantic Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]].{{NLFeb29|p. 276}}
''Valhalla'' arrived at Sheerness on 20 January{{MoS|Thursday, January 22, 1931, Issue 45727, p.5}} and was reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 27 January, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 276}}  On 25 May, it was reported that she was to be one of ten destroyers from various reserves to be scrapped in the present year.{{ToL|Destroyers for Scrapping|Monday, May 25, 1931, Issue 45831, p.16}}
By 9 February 1932, her remains had been towed from Sheerness to be broken up.{{ToL|Last of the Valhalla|Tuesday, February 9, 1932, Issue 46052, p.18}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=12 July, 1917<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 398''p''}}|end=16 July, 1918<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=12 July, 1917<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 398''p''}}|end=16 July, 1918<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Dashwood Fowler Moir|nick=Dashwood F. Moir|appt=16 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 923}}<ref>Moir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/232.|D7603484}} f. 236.</ref>|end=6 May, 1919<ref>Moir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/232.|D7603484}} f. 236.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Dashwood Fowler Moir|nick=Dashwood F. Moir|appt=16 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 923}}<ref>Moir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/232.|D7603484}} f. 236.</ref>|end=6 May, 1919<ref>Moir Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/232.|D7603484}} f. 236.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Thornton Amedroz|nick=Reginald T. Amedroz|appt=6 May, 1919<ref>Amedroz Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/105.|D7603812}} f. 310.</ref>|end=27 September, 1919<ref>Amedroz Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47/105.|D7603812}} f. 310.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=27 September, 1919<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 879}}|end=4 May, 1921<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=27 September, 1919<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 879}}|end=4 May, 1921<ref>Graham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/331.|D7604743}} f. 345.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Ramsey|nick=Charles G. Ramsey|appt=4 May, 1921<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>|end=25 April, 1922<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Ramsey|nick=Charles G. Ramsey|appt=4 May, 1921<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>|end=25 April, 1922<ref>Ramsey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 327.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril James Herbert Hill|nick=Cyril J. H. Hill|appt=25 July, 1922|end=30 August, 1922}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cyril James Herbert Hill|nick=Cyril J. H. Hill|appt=25 July, 1922<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/153.|}} f. 152.</ref>|end=30 August, 1922<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/153.|}} f. 152.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Ioan Montagu Lawrence Scott|nick=Henry I. M. L. Scott|appt=30 August, 1922<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 825}}|end=2 July, 1923<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Ioan Montagu Lawrence Scott|nick=Henry I. M. L. Scott|appt=30 August, 1922<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>{{NLJan23|p. 825}}|end=2 July, 1923<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel George Dawson|nick=Lionel G. Dawson|ass=2 July, 1923<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>|appt=26 June, 1923<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|end=September, 1923<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel George Dawson|nick=Lionel G. Dawson|ass=2 July, 1923<ref>Scott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/82.|D7604494}}  f. ?.</ref>|appt=26 June, 1923<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|end=September, 1923<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Quintin Carter|nick=Eric Q. Carter|appt=1923<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|end=19 April, 1924<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|note=temporary, on exchange of Sixth and Seventh Destroyer Flotillas}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Eric Quintin Carter|nick=Eric Q. Carter|appt=1923<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|end=19 April, 1924<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|note=temporary, on exchange of Sixth and Seventh Destroyer Flotillas}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel George Dawson|nick=Lionel G. Dawson|appt=11 April, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 277}}<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|ass=19 April, 1924<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|end=14 July, 1925<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lionel George Dawson|nick=Lionel G. Dawson|appt=11 April, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 277}}<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>|ass=19 April, 1924<ref>Carter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/172.|D7604076}} f. 576.</ref>|end=14 July, 1925<ref>Dawson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|D7576679}} f. 208.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Mansel Porter|nick=John M. Porter|appt=7 July, 1925<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>|end=27 July, 1927<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=John Mansel Porter|nick=John M. Porter|appt=7 July, 1925{{NLJul27|p. 277}}<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>|end=27 July, 1927<ref>Porter Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/292.|D7605047}} f. 307.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Edward Hext Wright|nick=Arthur E. H. Wright|appt=27 July, 1927<ref>Wright Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/170.|D7576684}} ff. ?, 177.</ref>|end=22 April, 1929<ref>Wright Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/170.|D7576684}} ff. ?, 177.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Frederic Cyril Bradley|nick=Frederic C. Bradley|appt=December, 1928{{NLFeb29|p. 276}}<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>|end=26 April, 1929<ref>Bradley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/60.|D7605147}} f. 418.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Gregory Crace|nick=John G. Crace|appt=26 April, 1929<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|end=24 April, 1930<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Gregory Crace|nick=John G. Crace|appt=26 April, 1929<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>|end=24 April, 1930<ref>Crace Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 61.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Douglas Adams Budgen|nick=Douglas A. Budgen|appt=5 January, 1931<ref>Budgen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/267.|D7605352}} f. 637.</ref>|end=7 January, 1931<ref>Budgen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/267.|D7605352}} f. 637.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Douglas Adams Budgen|nick=Douglas A. Budgen|appt=5 January, 1931<ref>Budgen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/267.|D7605352}} f. 637.</ref>|end=7 January, 1931<ref>Budgen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/267.|D7605352}} f. 637.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 22:10, 26 March 2021

H.M.S. Valhalla (1917)
Pendant Number: F.9A (1917)
G.25 (Jan 1918)
G.45 (Apr 1918)[1]
Builder: Cammell Laird[2]
Launched: 22 May, 1917[3]
Sold: 17 Dec, 1931[4]

H.M.S. Valhalla was one of five "V" class flotilla leaders.

Service

Recommissioned at Devonport on 5 January, 1920.[5]

Re-commissioned at Port Edgar on 27 September, 1923.[6]

In early 1925, she was operating with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lionel George Dawson.[7]

Re-commissioned at Devonport on 2 May, 1926 for service with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla in the Atlantic Fleet.[8]

Valhalla arrived at Sheerness on 20 January[9] and was reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 27 January, 1931.[10] On 25 May, it was reported that she was to be one of ten destroyers from various reserves to be scrapped in the present year.[11]

By 9 February 1932, her remains had been towed from Sheerness to be broken up.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 72.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 879.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). pp. 277-8.
  7. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 276.
  9. ↑ "Movements of Ships." The Times (London, England), Thursday, January 22, 1931, Issue 45727, p.5.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 276.
  11. ↑ "Destroyers for Scrapping." The Times (London, England), Monday, May 25, 1931, Issue 45831, p.16.
  12. ↑ "Last of the Valhalla." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, February 9, 1932, Issue 46052, p.18.
  13. ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 398p.
  15. ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 923.
  17. ↑ Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  18. ↑ Moir Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/232. f. 236.
  19. ↑ Amedroz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/105. f. 310.
  20. ↑ Amedroz Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/105. f. 310.
  21. ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 879.
  23. ↑ Graham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/331. f. 345.
  24. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  25. ↑ Ramsey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 327.
  26. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/153. f. 152.
  27. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/153. f. 152.
  28. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 825.
  30. ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/82. f. ?.
  31. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  32. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  33. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  34. ↑ Carter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/172. f. 576.
  35. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 277.
  36. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  37. ↑ Dawson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 208.
  38. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 277.
  39. ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  40. ↑ Porter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/292. f. 307.
  41. ↑ Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/170. ff. ?, 177.
  42. ↑ Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/170. ff. ?, 177.
  43. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 276.
  44. ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  45. ↑ Bradley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/60. f. 418.
  46. ↑ Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  47. ↑ Crace Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 61.
  48. ↑ Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/267. f. 637.
  49. ↑ Budgen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/267. f. 637.

Bibliography


"V" Class Flotilla Leader
Vampire Valentine Valhalla Valorous Valkyrie
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