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HMS Viceroy (L 21)

Destroyer of the Admiralty V & W class


HMS Viceroy as seen during the war.

Photograph with thanks to Geoffrey Tarrant whose father Alfred Tarrant served aboard HMS Viceroy during the war.

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassAdmiralty V & W 
PennantL 21 
Built byThornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down15 Dec, 1916 
Launched17 Nov, 1917 
Commissioned18 Jan, 1918 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryReconstruction to Fast Escort completed on 10 January 1941. Pennant number was D 91 changed to L 21 upon completion of this reconstruction.

Scrapped in June 1948.

Commanding Officers:
HMS Viceroy was in reserve at the start of the 2nd World War awaiting conversion / refit

Lt.Cdr. David Percy Trentham, RN
December 1940 – 3 July 1942

Lt. Thomas Frederick Hallifax, RN
3 July 1942 – December 1943

Lt. John Errol Manners, RN
December 1943 – still in command in July 1945 according to the Navy list
Promoted to A/Lt.Cdr. on ???
DSC awarded on 6 July 1945

HMS Viceroy is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List 


Noteable events involving Viceroy include:

Photograph of the crew of HMS Viceroy.
Photograph with thanks to Geoffrey Tarrant whose father Alfred Tarrant served aboard HMS Viceroy during the war.

16 Apr, 1945
The German submarine U-1274 was sunk in the North Sea north of Newcastle, in position 55º36'N, 01º24'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Viceroy (A/Lt.Cdr. J.E. Manners, RN).

This letter was written by Winston Churchill to the First Sea Lord.

(see map)


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