H.M.S. Prince (1916)

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

Service

Prince was assigned to the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla in September, 1916.^[6]

She was transferred to the Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla some time between September and November, 1918.^[7]

Prince was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.^[8]

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant-Commander Walter C. Clark-Hall, 9 August, 1916^[9] – August, 1918
Commander Delorest J. D. Noble, 3 August, 1918 – September, 1918
Lieutenant in Command Arthur H. L. Terry, 24 September, 1918^[10] – 11 February, 1919
Lieutenant in Command Maxwell A. C. Ritter, 11 February, 1919^[11]^[12] – 26 March, 1919^[13] (temporary)

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 67.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 79-80.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 80.
↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 309.
↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 309.
↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1916). p. 12.
↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 15. No Supplements for September or October were found.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 847-9.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397c.
↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 885.
↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 11 Feb. 1919, p. 4.
↑ Ritter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/36. f. 36.
↑ Ritter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/36. f. 36.