Allied Warships

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.

Navy	The Royal Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Admiralty V & W
Pennant	L 21
Mod	Fast escort
Built by	Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.)
Ordered	30 Jun 1916
Laid down	15 Dec 1916
Launched	17 Nov 1917
Commissioned	18 Jan 1918
End service
History	HMS Viceroy was in reserve at the start of the 2nd World War awaiting conversion / refit Reconstruction to Fast Escort completed on 10 January 1941. Pennant number was D 91 changed to L 21 upon completion of this reconstruction. HMS Viceroy is not listed as active unit in the October 1945 Navy List Scrapped in June 1948.

Commands listed for HMS Viceroy (L 21)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. David Percy Trentham, RN	Dec 1940	3 Jul 1942
2	Lt. Thomas Frederick Hallifax, RN	3 Jul 1942	Dec 1943
3	Lt. John Errol Manners, RN	Dec 1943	mid 1945

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Notable 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.

8 Jul 1941
HrMs O 9 (Lt. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) participated in A/S exercises off Campbeltown together with HMS Spaniel (Skr. C. Coultas, DSC, RNR) and HMS Viceroy (Lt.Cdr. D.P. Trentham, RN).

13 Jun 1943
HMS Sceptre (Lt. I.S. McIntosh, MBE, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Scapa Flow with HMS Wallace (Lt. D. Carson, RN), and HMS Viceroy (Lt. T.F. Hallifax, RN) and HMS Woolston (Lt. F.W. Hawkins, RN). (1)

16 Apr 1945
German U-boat U-1274 was sunk in the North Sea north of Newcastle, in position 55°36'N, 01°24'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.