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Revision as of 15:35, 28 May 2014

H.M.S. Minion (1915)
Pendant Number: H.C7 (1914)
G.09 (Jan 1918)
G.14 (Apr 1918)
H.82 (Jun 1918)[1]
Builder: Thornycroft[2]
Ordered: Sep 1914[3]
Launched: 11 Sep, 1915[4]
Sold:

H.M.S. Minion was one of 103 destroyers of the "M" class.

Service

She fought at the Battle of Jutland, screening the Battle Fleet as one of the 14 "M" class destroyers of the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla.[5]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 65-68.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 65.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  5. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 811.
  7. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 45.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 846.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1919). p. 847.

Bibliography


"M" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design (Three Funnels)
Matchless Murray Myngs Milne Moorsom
Morris Mons Marne Mystic Maenad
Manners Mandate Magic Moresby Marmion
Martial Mary Rose Menace Mameluke Marvel
Mischief Mindful Nonsuch Negro Nessus
Noble Nizam Nomad Nonpareil Norman
Northesk North Star Nugent Obedient Obdurate
Onslaught Onslow Opal Ophelia Opportune
Oracle Orestes Orford Orpheus Octavia
Ossory Nestor Napier Narborough Narwhal
Nicator Norseman Oberon Observer Offa
Orcadia Oriana Oriole Osiris Paladin
Parthian Partridge Pasley Plucky Portia
Pheasant Phoebe Pigeon Plover Penn
Peregrine Pelican Pellew Petard Peyton
  Prince Pylades Medina Medway  
Thornycroft Specials (Three Funnels)
Mastiff Meteor Michael Milbrook Minion
Munster Nepean Nereus Patrician Patriot
  Rapid Ready  
Yarrow Specials (Two Funnels)
Miranda Minos Manly Moon Morning Star
Mounsey Musketeer Nerissa Relentless Rival
Hawthorn Leslie Specials (Four Funnels)
  Mansfield Mentor  
<– Laforey Class Destroyers (UK) Medea Class –>


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