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''Opportune'' was one of 103 destroyers of the [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|M]] class.
'''H.M.S. ''Opportune''''' was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[Great War]].
 
==Service==
Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 817}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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Latest revision as of 16:32, 25 April 2018

H.M.S. Opportune (1915)
Pendant Number: G.05 (1914)
G.58 (Jan 1917)
G.59 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[2]
Ordered: Nov 1914 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 20 Nov, 1915[4]
Completed: Jun, 1916[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 66.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 66.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 309.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 817.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396gg.
  8. ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  9. ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 855.
  11. ↑ Spurgin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/8. f. 360.

Bibliography


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