| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Admiralty V & W |
| Pennant | L 93 |
| Mod | Fast escort |
| Built by | Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 30 Jun 1916 |
| Laid down | 13 Jan 1917 |
| Launched | 21 Aug 1917 |
| Commissioned | 3 Nov 1917 |
| End service | |
| History | Reconstruction to Fast Escort at Chatham Dockyard completed on 11 July 1940. Pennant number was D 93 changed to L 93 upon completion of this reconstruction. Scrapped in 1947. |
Commands listed for HMS Verdun (L 93)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. Francis Jack Cartwright, RN | 20 May 1940 | Nov 1940 |
| 2 | Cdr. Alfred Charles Behague, RN | Nov 1940 | 12 Jul 1941 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. William Spooner Donald, DSC, RN | 12 Jul 1941 | 4 May 1943 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Derry Parsons, RD, RNR | 4 May 1943 | Mar 1945 |
| 5 | Lt. Ronald Cameron Henley, RN | Mar 1945 | mid 1945 |
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Notable events involving Verdun include:
19 Jun 1942
HMS Manchester (Capt. H. Drew, DSC, RN), HMS Somali (Capt. J.W.M. Eaton, DSO, DSC, RN), HMS Ashanti (Cdr. R.G. Onslow, DSO, RN) and HMS Offa (Lt.Cdr. R.A. Ewing, RN) returned to Scapa Flow escorting HMS Anson (Capt. H.R.G. Kinahan, CBE, RN) after taking over the escort duties from the destroyers Verdun (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Donald, DSC, RN) and HMS Vanity (Lt.Cdr. W.B.R. Morrison, RN). (1)
3 Jun 1943
HrMs O 14 (Lt.Cdr. H.A.W. Goossens, RNN) conducted A/S exercises in the Firth of Forth with Verdun (Lt.Cdr. D. Parsons, RD, RNR), HMS Lady Beryl, HMS Polka (T/Lt. I.A. Thorpe, MBE, RNVR) and HMS Berkshire (Skr. G. Bruce, RNR). (2)
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Sources
- ADM 53/116227 + ADM 199/427
- File 2.12.03.6390 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.