H.M.S. Onslaught (1915)

H.M.S. Onslaught (1915)
Pendant Number:	G.22 (1914) G.41 (Jan 1917) G.40 (Jan 1918) G.8A (Jun 1918)
Builder:	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Ordered:	Nov 1914 (2nd Order)
Launched:	4 Dec, 1915
Completed:	3 Mar, 1916
Sold:	1921

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

Service

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

On 29 October 1917 Onslaught was grounded and an A.B. was drowned. An Court of Enquiry fixed blame on Commander John Ouchterlony Barron, who had only been appointed in command three days previously. Barron was superseded in command by Hamilton Edward Snepp on 26 November.

In May, 1918, Onslaught transferred to the Third Destroyer Flotilla, being then one of just two destroyers.

Onslaught was reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Arthur G. Onslow, 9 January, 1916 – 1 June, 1916  (killed while in command at Battle of Jutland)
• Lieutenant-Commander Basil W. L. Owen, 8 June, 1916 – 26 October, 1917
• Commander John O. Barron, 26 October, 1917 – 26 November, 1917
• Lieutenant in Command Hamilton E. Snepp, December, 1917 – 17 May, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command Kenneth H. Grant, 18 May, 1918 – 15 March, 1919
• Commander Arthur A. Scott, 5 March, 1919 – 17 October, 1919

See Also

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