Allied Warships

HMS Vansittart (D 64)

Destroyer of the Admiralty Modified W class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralty Modified W 
PennantD 64 
Built byWilliam Beardmore & Co. (Dalmuir, Scotland) 
OrderedJan 1918 
Laid down1 Jul 1918 
Launched17 Apr 1919 
Commissioned5 Nov 1919 
End service 
Loss position
 
History

Reconstruction to Long Range Escort finished in June 1943.

Sold to be broken up for scrap on 25 February 1946.

Commanding Officers:
Lt.Cdr. Richard George Kirby Knowling, RN
31 July 1939 – 1 October 1939

Lt.Cdr. Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, RN
1 October 1939 – 6 November 1939

Lt.Cdr. William Charles Bushell, RN
6 November 1939 – 17 January 1940

Lt.Cdr. Walter Evershed, RN
17 January 1940 – 30 August 1940

Lt.Cdr. Richard Lindsay Stephen Gaisford, RN
30 August 1940 – 28 April 1942

Lt.Cdr. Thomas Johnston, DSC, RN
28 April 1942 – October 1943

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Lt.Cdr. John Douglas Hayes, DSO, RN
13 December 1943 - ?? March 1944

??? J.S. W????ley, RN (can’t read it on Navy List April 1944)
?? March 1944 – 30 May 1944

Lt. Harry Edgecombe, RN
30 May 1944 - ???

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T/A/Lt.Cdr. Kennedy Blair Sylvester Brown, RNVR
15 July 1945 – still in command in October 1945 according to the Navy List
OBE 10 August 1945

 

Commands listed for HMS Vansittart (D 64)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Richard George Kirby Knowling, RN31 Jul 19391 Oct 1939
2Lt.Cdr. Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, RN1 Oct 19396 Nov 1939
3Lt.Cdr. William Charles Bushell, RN6 Nov 193917 Jan 1940
4Lt.Cdr. Walter Evershed, RN17 Jan 194030 Aug 1940
5Lt.Cdr. Richard Lindsay Stephen Gaisford, RN30 Aug 194028 Apr 1942
6Lt.Cdr. Thomas Johnston, RN28 Apr 1942Oct 1943

7Lt.Cdr. John Douglas Hayes, DSO, RN13 Dec 1943Mar 1944 ?

8Lt. Harry Edgecombe, RN30 May 1944???

9T/A/Lt.Cdr. Kennedy Blair Sylvester Brown, OBE, RNVR15 Jul 1945Oct 1945 ?

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Noteable events involving Vansittart include:


1 Jul 1940
The German submarine U-102 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-west of Ireland, in position 48Ί33'N, 10Ί26'E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Vansittart (Lt.Cdr. R.G. Knowling, RN).

HMS Vansittart also picks up 26 survivors from the British merchant Clearton that was U-102's last victim. (see map)

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