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'''H.M.S. ''Portia''''' was one of 103 destroyers of the [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|M class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Portia''''' 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]].
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==Service==
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''Portia'' was assigned to the [[Grand Fleet]]'s {{UK-DF|15}} in November, 1916, as it was just reaching a useful strength.{{SMNLNov16|p. 12}}
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She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 12 December, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 830}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Hugh Joseph Woodward|nick=Hugh J. Woodward|appt=6 October, 1916<ref>Woodward Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83.|D7576681}} f. 211.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 396''o''}}|end=11 July, 1917<ref>Woodward Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/83.|D7576681}} f. 211.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Lieutenant in Command|name=Ralph George Hamilton Izat|nick=Ralph G. H. Izat|appt=9 November, 1918{{NLJun19|p. 868}}|end=4 January, 1920<ref>Izat Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/28.|D8116660}} f. 28.</ref>}}
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Revision as of 15:01, 6 April 2018

H.M.S. Portia (1916)
Pendant Number: G.73 (Sep 1915)
G.84 (Jan 1917)
H.A6 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Launched: 10 Aug, 1916[3]
Completed: Oct, 1916[4]
Sold:

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

Service

Portia was assigned to the Grand Fleet's Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla in November, 1916, as it was just reaching a useful strength.[5]

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 12 December, 1919.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 67.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 79-80.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 80.
  4. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 309.
  5. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (November, 1916). p. 12.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 830.
  7. Woodward Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83. f. 211.
  8. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396o.
  9. Woodward Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/83. f. 211.
  10. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396m.
  11. The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 868.
  12. Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.

Bibliography


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