H.M.S. Obedient (1915)

H.M.S. Obedient (1915)
Pendant Number:	G.25 (1914) G.40 (Jan 1917) G.39 (Jan 1918) H.88 (Jun 1918)
Builder:	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Ordered:	Nov 1914 (2nd Order)
Launched:	6 Nov, 1915
Completed:	Feb, 1916
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H.M.S. Obedient was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Obedient joined the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla in February, 1916, and operated with it at the Battle of Jutland.

In May, 1918, she transferred to the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, operating out of Devonport.

She paid off at Devonport on 21 October, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander George W. McOran Campbell, 8 January, 1916 – 1 August, 1916  (in command at Battle of Jutland)
• Lieutenant-Commander Charles G. Stuart, 1 August, 1916 – 16 August, 1917
• Lieutenant & Commander Edward C. Denison, 16 August, 1917 – 5 September, 1917
• Lieutenant-Commander Charles G. Stuart, 5 September, 1917 – 20 November, 1917
• Lieutenant in Command James A. Douglas-Hamilton, 16 April, 1918 – 14 February, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Michael K. H. Kennedy, 14 February, 1919 – 31 October, 1919

See Also

• Twelfth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland
• Wikipedia