Allied Warships
HMS Venomous (D 75)
Destroyer of the Admiralty Modified W class
Photograph with thanks to Brian Compston.
| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty Modified W |
| Pennant | D 75 |
| Built by | John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) |
| Ordered | Jan 1918 |
| Laid down | 31 May 1918 |
| Launched | 21 Dec 1918 |
| Commissioned | 24 Aug 1919 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Reconstruction to Long Range Escort finished in January 1943. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 4 March 1947. Commanding Officers: Lt.Cdr. John Edwin Home McBeath, RN Cdr. Harold Pitcairn Henderson, DSO, RN Cdr. Hugh William Falcon-Steward, RN Lt. Henry Dumaresq Durell, RN HMS Venomous was in Dockyard Control during refit Lt. Arnold Derek Arthur Lawson, RNVR T/A/Lt.Cdr. Arthur Guyon Prideaux, RNVR HMS Venomous is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List |
Commands listed for HMS Venomous (D 75)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Donald George Frederick Wyville MacIntyre, RN | 31 Jul 1939 | 8 Jan 1940 | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. John Edwin Home McBeath, RN | 8 Jan 1940 | 23 Dec 1940 | |
| 3 | Cdr. Harold Pitcairn Henderson, RN | 23 Dec 1940 | 3 Jul 1941 | |
| 4 | Cdr. Hugh William Falcon-Steward, RN | 3 Jul 1941 | Feb 1943 | |
| 5 | Lt.Cdr. David Hugh Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, DSC, DSO, RN | 18 Dec 1942 | 18 Feb 1943 | |
| 6 | Lt. Henry Dumaresq Durell, RN | Feb 1943 | Nov/Dec 43 | |
| 7 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Arnold Derek Arthur Lawson, RNVR | 1 Aug 1944 | 6 Feb 1945 | |
| 8 | T/A/Lt.Cdr. Arthur Guyon Prideaux, RNVR | 6 Feb 1945 | 31 May 1945 | |
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Noteable events involving Venomous include:
13 Sep 1940
During the night of 13/14 September 1940, the British destroyers HMS Malcolm (Capt. T.E. Halsey, DSO, RN), HMS Wild Swan (Lt.Cdr. C.E.L. Sclater, RN) and HMS Venomous (Lt.Cdr. J.E.H. McBeath, DSO, RN) bombard Boulogne in a sweep along the French coast.