H.M.S. Narwhal (1915)

H.M.S. Narwhal (1915)
Pendant Number:	G.47 (Sep 1915) G.36 (Jan 1917) G.35 (Jan 1918) H.29 (Jun 1918)
Builder:	William Denny & Brothers
Ordered:	Feb 1915
Launched:	30 Dec, 1915
Completed:	3 Mar, 1916
Collision:	1919
Fate:	Broken up 1920

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

Service

Narwhal joined the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla in March, 1916, and operated with it at the Battle of Jutland.

She broke her back in a collision in 1919 and was broken up in 1920.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Henry V. Hudson, 10 February, 1916 – 11 April, 1918  (in command at Battle of Jutland)
• Lieutenant in Command Edmund F. FitzGerald, 11 April, 1918 – 24 May, 1918
• Commander Robin W. M. Lloyd, 28 May, 1918 – 19 February, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command Raymond G. F. H. de Caen, 18 February, 1919 – 25 March, 1919
• Commander Cecil R. Hemans, 26 March, 1919 – 1 November, 1919

See Also

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