H.M.S. Orpheus (1916)

H.M.S. Orpheus (1916)
Pendant Number:	G.43 (1914) F.17 (Jan 1917) F.35 (Jan 1918) H.28 (Apr 1918) G.A9 (Nov 1918)
Builder:	William Doxford & Sons
Ordered:	Nov 1914 (2nd Order)
Launched:	17 Jun, 1916
Completed:	Sep, 1916
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H.M.S. Orpheus was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Orpheus was assigned to the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla in September, 1916, but was switched to the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla the following month.

In November, 1917, Orpheus was one of eight "M"s evicted from the Thirteenth, being sent directly to the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla where she was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, Devonport.

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Chatham on 15 October, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant in Command Vernon Hammersley-Heenan, 12 August, 1916 – October, 1917
• Lieutenant in Command Martin J. C. de Meric, 3 November, 1917 – 17 May, 1918
• Lieutenant-Commander Andrew Johnstone, 17 May, 1918 – 17 April, 1919
• Lieutenant & Commander Francis T. Hare, 17 April, 1919 – 21 May, 1919
• Commander Miles B. Birkett, 21 May, 1919 – 22 July, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command Guy O. Maund, 23 July, 1919 – 1 December, 1919

See Also

• Wikipedia