H.M.S. Volunteer (1919)
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H.M.S. Volunteer (1919) | |
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Pendant Number: | D.71 (Nov 1919)[1] |
Builder: | Denny[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]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander Richard C. A. Littleton, 29 October, 1919[10] – May, 1921
- Lieutenant-Commander John H. Jauncey, 14 July, 1921[11] – 11 January, 1923[12]
- Lieutenant-Commander John W. Durnford, 5 January, 1923[13] – October, 1923[14]
- Lieutenant-Commander Edward S. F. Fegen, c. September, 1923[15][16] – 1 September, 1924[17]
- Lieutenant-Commander John D. Harvey, 1 September, 1924[18] – 9 February, 1925[19]
- Commander (I Gr.) Thomas C. C. Bolster, 9 February, 1925[20][21] – 1 April, 1926[22]
- Commander Henry M. Coombs, 1 April, 1926[23] – 2 May, 1928[24]
- Commander Edward N. Syfret, 13 August, 1928[25] – c. 1 July, 1929
- Commander Eric J. Shelley, 1 July, 1929 – c. 1930
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. (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.
- ↑ 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.
Bibliography
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