| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty V & W |
| Pennant | D 92 |
| Built by | Thornycroft (Southampton, U.K.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 20 Dec 1916 |
| Launched | 29 Dec 1917 |
| Commissioned | 4 Mar 1918 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| 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. Commanding Officers: HMS Viscount was in Dockyard Control during conversion / refit Lt.Cdr. John Valentine Waterhouse, RN ??? Lt.Cdr. Leslie Ernest Woodhouse, RN HMS Viscount is not listed in the January 1945 Navy list |
Commands listed for HMS Viscount (D 92)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Lt. Michael Southcote Townsend, RN | 24 Aug 1939 | ??? | |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. John Valentine Waterhouse, RN | 9 Dec 1941 | ??? | |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Leslie Ernest Woodhouse, RN | 18 Jul 1943 | Oct 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 the German submarine U-99 about 500 nautical miles west of Ireland in position 54º35'N, 18º18'W.
HMS Viscount also picks up 36 survivors from the British merchant Goodleigh that is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-52 367 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55º02'N, 18º45'W.
HMS Viscount also picks up 16 survivors from the British merchant Kavak that is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-100 about 340 nautical miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55º00'N, 19º30'W.
HMS Viscount also picks up 27 survivors from the British merchant Tasso that is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-52 sink about 360 miles west of Bloody Foreland in position 55º03'N, 18º04'W.
15 Oct 1942
The German submarine U-661 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 53º42'N, 35º56'W, after being rammed by the British destroyer HMS Viscount. (see map)
17 Feb 1943
The German submarine U-201 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 50º50'N, 40º50'W, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Viscount (Lt.Cdr. J.V. Waterhouse, RN). (see map)