H.M.S. Opal (1915)

H.M.S. Opal (1915)
Pendant Number:	G.02 (1914) G.42 (Jan 1917) G.41 (Jan 1918)
Builder:	William Doxford & Sons
Ordered:	Nov 1914 (2nd Order)
Launched:	11 Sep, 1915
Completed:	Apr, 1916
Wrecked:	21 Jan, 1918

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

Service

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

She ran aground in heavy fog and was lost, along with Narborough.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander Charles G. C. Sumner, 4 March, 1916 – March, 1918  (in command at Battle of Jutland, intermittently hospitalised)
• Commander M. Brock Birkett, 18 May, 1917 – 24 July, 1917  (temporary, during Sumner's illness)
• Lieutenant-Commander Charles C. de M. Malan, 20 December, 1917 – 12 January, 1918  (temporary, killed when vessel lost under his command)

See Also

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