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==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
Revision as of 13:57, 14 February 2022
| H.M.S. Volunteer (1919) | |
|---|---|
| Pendant Number: | D.71 (Nov 1919)[1] |
| Builder: | William Denny & Brothers[2] |
| Ordered: | Jan, 1918 (1st Order)[3] |
| Launched: | 17 Apr, 1919[4] |
| Completed: | 7 Nov, 1919[5] |
| Commissioned: | 27 Oct, 1919[6] |
| Sold: | 4 Mar, 1947[7] |
H.M.S. Volunteer was one of fifteen destroyers of the Modified "W" class.
Service
Volunteer was commissioned on 27 October, 1919.[8]
She was re-commissioned at Devonport on 8 October, 1923. By March 1925, she was with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[9]
She re-commissioned at Devonport on 29 April, 1926 for continued service in the Mediterranean with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[10]
The ship was re-commissioned on 21 August, 1928.[11]
She reduced to special reserve complement at Devonport on 2 May, 1931.[12]
Re-commissioned in Reserve at The Nore on 19 February, 1932.[13]
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.[14]
She was commissioned with a Reserve Complement on 29 July, 1933.[15]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard C. A. Littleton, 29 October, 1919[16] – May, 1921
- Lieutenant-Commander John H. Jauncey, 14 July, 1921[17] – 11 January, 1923[18]
- Lieutenant-Commander John W. Durnford, 5 January, 1923[19] – October, 1923[20]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward S. F. Fegen, c. September, 1923[21][22] – 1 September, 1924[23]
- Lieutenant-Commander John D. Harvey, 1 September, 1924[24] – 9 February, 1925[25]
- Commander (I Gr.) Thomas C. C. Bolster, 9 February, 1925[26][27] – 1 April, 1926[28]
- Commander Henry M. Coombs, 1 April, 1926[29][30] – 2 May, 1928[31]
- Commander Edward N. Syfret, 13 August, 1928[32] – July, 1929
- Commander Eric J. Shelley, 1 July, 1929 – c. early 1930
- Lieutenant-Commander John R. N. Taylor, c. early 1930[33] – 6 May, 1930[34]
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard F. Jolly, 12 April, 1930[35]
- Lieutenant-Commander John Bostock, 5 July, 1933 – 1933 (left for Whitley's trials)
- Lieutenant-Commander Hugh Gartside-Tippinge, 31 July, 1939[36] – 30 December, 1939[37]
- Lieutenant-Commander Norman Lanyon, 30 December, 1939[38] – 12 January, 1942[39]
- Lieutenant in Command Arthur S. Pomeroy, 12 January, 1942[40] – mid 1942[41]
- Lieutenant-Commander Gordon J. Luther, 3 December, 1942[42] – 3 February, 1944[43]
- Lieutenant-Commander R.N.R. James E. R. Wilford, 3 February, 1944[44] – mid 1945[45]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p.85.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 313.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 896.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 76.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 896.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 285.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 289.
- ↑ "Warships' Bells." The Times (London, England), 12 June 1933, p. 11.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 289.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 896.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 839.
- ↑ Jauncey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/132. f. 488.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
- ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
- ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 286.
- ↑ Fegen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/8. f. 8.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/166. f. 165.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 285.
- ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
- ↑ Bolster Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/159. f. 253.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 285.
- ↑ Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
- ↑ Coombs Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/213. f. ?.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 285.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/67. f. 67.
- ↑ Taylor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/67. f. 67.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Mar 04, 1930; pg. 26; Issue 45452.
- ↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
- ↑ Gartside-Tippinge Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/128. f. 128.
- ↑ 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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