H.M.S. North Star (1916)

H.M.S. North Star (1916)
Pendant Number:	G.16 (Sep 1915) F.45 (Jan 1917) F.53 (Jan 1918)^[1]
Builder:	Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company^[2]
Ordered:	Nov 1914 (2nd Order)^[3]
Launched:	9 Nov, 1916^[4]
Completed:	Feb, 1917^[5]
Sunk:	23 April, 1918
Fate:	by coastal artillery

H.M.S. North Star was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Cary Helyar was mentioned in despatches for destroying an enemy explosive motor boat on 3 November, 1917 while in command of North Star.^[6]

Seventeen of her crew were lost when she was sunk as part of the Raid on Zeebrugge.^[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant-Commander Geoffrey S. Holden, 11 January, 1917^[8] – May, 1917^[9]
Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth C. Helyar, May, 1917^[10] – 24 April, 1918^[11]^[12] (ship lost at Zeebrugge under his command)

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 66.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 66.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 308.
↑ Helyar Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/294. f. 325.
↑ Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 490.
↑ Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. Unnumbered folio.
↑ Holden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. Unnumbered folio.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 305z.
↑ Helyar Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/294. f. 325.
↑ Naval Operations. Vol. V. p. 263.