H.M.S. Mystic (1915)

H.M.S. Mystic (1915)
Pendant Number:	H.2C (1914) G.16 (Jan 1917) G.3A (Apr 1918)
Builder:	William Denny & Brothers
Ordered:	Sep 1914
Launched:	26 Jun, 1915
Completed:	11 Nov, 1915
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H.M.S. Mystic was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

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

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

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Wilfred A. Thompson, 16 September, 1915 – c. October, 1915
• Commander Claud F. Allsup, c. October, 1915 – January, 1918  (in command at Battle of Jutland)
• Lieutenant in Command Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin, 5 January, 1918 – 6 May, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command George H. Faulkner, 2 April, 1918 – 17 December, 1918
• Acting Commander R.N.R. Gordon L. Simner, 20 December, 1918  (temporary)

See Also

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