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'''H.M.S. ''Ophelia''''' was one of 103 destroyers of the [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Ophelia''''' 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==
 
==Service==
 
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of [[Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe|Lewis G. E. Crabbe]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
 
At the [[Battle of Jutland]], she operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} under the command of [[Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe|Lewis G. E. Crabbe]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
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On 13 January, 1917, ''Ophelia'' collided with {{UK-Norman}}.  ''Ophelia's'' captain [[Gordon McLeod Cameron|Cameron]] was informed in unusually strong language that "disregard of seamanlike action on his part on this occasion is considered reprehensible."<ref>Cameron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/43.|D7604455}} f. 15.</ref>
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On 10 September, 1918, she sank {{DE-UB83}} with depth charges, south of the Orkneys.<ref>[http://www.uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=ub+83 Uboat.net]</ref>
  
 
Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 817}}
 
Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 817}}
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==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{CommRN}} [[Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe|Lewis G. E. Crabbe]], in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]]{{UKJutlandOD|p. 44}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Richard Anthony Aston Plowden|nick=Richard A. A. Plowden|appt=10 May, 1916<ref>Plowden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/64.|D7603571}} f. 64.</ref>|end=late May, 1916<ref>Plowden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/64.|D7603571}} f. 64.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
* Lieutenant in Command [[Oscar Henderson]], D.S.O., 5 November, 1918.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 854a}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe|nick=Lewis G. E. Crabbe|appt=c. 10 May, 1916{{UKJutlandOD|p. 44}}<ref>Inferred also from Plowden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/64.|D7603571}} f. 64.</ref>|end=16 June, 1916<ref>Crabbe Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/168.|D7603675}} f. 169.</ref>|note=in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]], invalided at end}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Louis Downall Gibbs|nick=George L. D. Gibbs|appt=16 June, 1916<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>|end=12 August, 1916<ref>Gibbs Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/57/166.|D7603873}} f. 371.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Gordon McLeod Cameron|nick=Gordon McL. Cameron|appt=12 August, 1916<ref>Cameron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/43.|D7604455}} f. 15.</ref>{{NLAug17|p. 396''a''}}|end=26 October, 1917<ref>Cameron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/43.|D7604455}} f. 15.</ref>|note=sick w. influenza at Haslar for two and a half months}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (emergency)|name=William Herbert Sandford|nick=William H. Sandford|appt=26 April, 1917|end=2 July, 1917|note=temporary, during Cameron's illness}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hamilton Colclough Allen|nick=Hamilton C. Allen|appt=12 September, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 396''a''}}<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|end=August, 1918<ref>Allen Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 408.</ref>|ass=26 October, 1917<ref>Cameron Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/43.|D7604455}} f. 15.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Andrew Browne Cunningham, First Viscount Cunningham|nick=Andrew B. Cunningham|appt=11 February, 1918<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>|end=29 March, 1918<ref>Cunningham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/47.|}} f. 286.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Balfour Fellowes|nick=Thomas B. Fellowes|appt=29 March, 1918|end=20 July, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=23 July, 1918<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|end=27 August, 1918<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|note=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Joseph Woodward|nick=Hugh J. Woodward|appt=10 August, 1918<ref>Woodward Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83.|D7576681}} f. 211.</ref>|end=5 November, 1918<ref>Woodward Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83.|D7576681}} f. 211.</ref>|note=temporary, before 27 August 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Oscar Henderson|nick=Oscar Henderson|appt=5 November, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 854''a''}}|end=}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [[Fourth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
 
* [[Fourth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ophelia_(1915)}}  
 
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Latest revision as of 12:33, 25 April 2018

H.M.S. Ophelia (1915)
Pendant Number: G.03 (1914)
G.57 (Jan 1917)
G.58 (Jan 1918)
G.A9 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[2]
Ordered: Nov 1914 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 13 Oct, 1915[4]
Completed: May, 1916[5]
Sold:

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

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, she operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla under the command of Lewis G. E. Crabbe.[6]

On 13 January, 1917, Ophelia collided with Norman. Ophelia's captain Cameron was informed in unusually strong language that "disregard of seamanlike action on his part on this occasion is considered reprehensible."[7]

On 10 September, 1918, she sank UB 83 with depth charges, south of the Orkneys.[8]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.[9]

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. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  7. Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/43. f. 15.
  8. Uboat.net
  9. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 817.
  10. Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
  11. Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
  12. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 44.
  13. Inferred also from Plowden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/64. f. 64.
  14. Crabbe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/168. f. 169.
  15. Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  16. Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  17. Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/43. f. 15.
  18. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 396a.
  19. Cameron Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/43. f. 15.
  20. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396a.
  21. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  22. Allen Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 408.
  23. Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  24. Cunningham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 286.
  25. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  26. Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  27. Woodward Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83. f. 211.
  28. Woodward Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83. f. 211.
  29. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 854a.

Bibliography


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