H.M.S. Octavia (1916)

H.M.S. Octavia (1916)
Pendant Number:	G.51 (1914) F.07 (Jan 1917) F.09 (Jan 1918) G.71 (Apr 1918)
Builder:	William Doxford & Sons
Ordered:	Nov 1914 (2nd Order)
Launched:	21 Jun, 1916
Completed:	Nov, 1916
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H.M.S. Octavia was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Octavia joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in December, 1916.

She transferred to the Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla in February 1918 with five other of the Thirteenth's "M" class destroyers.

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 14 November, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Arthur E. H. Wright, 23 October, 1916 – 30 November, 1917
• Lieutenant-Commander Leslie T. Creery Hill, 30 November, 1917 – 7 April, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command Edward S. F. Fegen, 7 April, 1919 – 19 August, 1919

See Also

• Wikipedia