| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty V & W |
| Pennant | D 92 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 30 Jun 1916 |
| Laid down | 20 Dec 1916 |
| Launched | 29 Dec 1917 |
| Commissioned | 4 Mar 1918 |
| End service | |
| History | Reconstruction to Long Range Escort finished in December 1941. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 20 March 1945. Scrapped on 27 May 1947. |
Commands listed for HMS Viscount (D 92)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt. Michael Southcote Townsend, RN | 24 Aug 1939 | mid 1941 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. John Valentine Waterhouse, RN | 9 Dec 1941 | 18 Jul 1943 | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Leslie Ernest Woodhouse, RN | 18 Jul 1943 | early 1945 | |
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Noteable events involving Viscount include:
2 Dec 1940
HMS Viscount (Lt.Cdr. M.S. Townsend, OBE, DSC, RN) picks up survivors from the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Forfar that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-99 about 500 nautical miles west of Ireland in position 54°35'N, 18°18'W.
HMS Viscount also picks up 36 survivors from the British merchant Goodleigh that is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-52 367 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55°02'N, 18°45'W.
HMS Viscount also picks up 16 survivors from the British merchant Kavak that is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-100 about 340 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55°00'N, 19°30'W.
HMS Viscount also picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Tasso that is torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-52 sink about 360 miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55°03'N, 18°04'W.
15 Oct 1942
German U-boat U-661 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 53°42'N, 35°56'W, after being rammed by the British destroyer HMS Viscount. (see map)
17 Feb 1943
German U-boat U-201 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 50°50'N, 40°50'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Viscount (Lt.Cdr. J.V. Waterhouse, RN). (see map)
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