H.M.S. Valhalla (1917)

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

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

Service

Recommissioned at Devonport on 5 January, 1920.

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

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

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

Reduced to Reserve at Chatham on 27 January, 1931.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander Theodore E. J. Bigg, 12 July, 1917 – 16 July, 1918
• Commander Dashwood F. Moir, 16 July, 1918 – 6 May, 1919
• Commander Reginald T. Amedroz, 6 May, 1919 – 27 September, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Cosmo M. Graham, 27 September, 1919 – 4 May, 1921
• Commander Charles G. Ramsey, 4 May, 1921 – 25 April, 1922
• Lieutenant-Commander Cyril J. H. Hill, 25 July, 1922 – 30 August, 1922
• Commander Henry I. M. L. Scott, 30 August, 1922 – 2 July, 1923
• Commander Lionel G. Dawson, 26 June, 1923 – September, 1923  (temporary)
• Commander Eric Q. Carter, 1923 – 19 April, 1924  (temporary, on exchange of Sixth and Seventh Destroyer Flotillas)
• Commander Lionel G. Dawson, 11 April, 1924 – 14 July, 1925
• Commander John M. Porter, 7 July, 1925 – 27 July, 1927
• Commander Arthur E. H. Wright, 27 July, 1927 – 22 April, 1929
• Commander Frederic C. Bradley, December, 1928 – 26 April, 1929
• Captain John G. Crace, 26 April, 1929 – 24 April, 1930
• Captain Douglas A. Budgen, 5 January, 1931 – 7 January, 1931

See Also

• Wikipedia