H.M.S. Morning Star (1915)

H.M.S. Morning Star (1915)
Pendant Number:	H.C9 (Feb 1915) G.13 (Jan 1917) G.12 (Jan 1918) G.18 (Apr 1918) H.48 (Jun 1918)
Builder:	Yarrow & Company
Launched:	26 Jun, 1915
Completed:	Aug, 1915
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H.M.S. Morning Star was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

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

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Edward O. Broadley, 10 August, 1915 – late August, 1915
• Lieutenant-Commander Hugh U. Fletcher, late August, 1915 – 11 March, 1918  (in command at Battle of Jutland)
• Lieutenant-Commander Humphrey E. Archer, 11 March, 1918 – 1 October, 1919

See Also

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