H.M.S. Munster (1915)

H.M.S. Munster (1915)
Pendant Number:	H.8C (1914) G.33 (Jan 1917) G.7A (Jun 1918)
Builder:	John I. Thornycroft & Company
Ordered:	Sep 1914
Launched:	24 Nov, 1915
Completed:	Jan, 1916
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H.M.S. Munster was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

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

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Charles L. Fox, January, 1916 – 14 April, 1916  (relieved in command due to gross carelessness)
• Lieutenant-Commander Spencer F. Russell, 14 April, 1916 – 11 April, 1918  (in command at the Battle of Jutland)
• Lieutenant in Command Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton, 19 April, 1918 – 3 May, 1918  (temporary)
• Lieutenant-Commander Henry R. James, 2 May, 1918 – May, 1918  (temporary)
• Lieutenant in Command Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin, 6 May, 1918 – 16 September, 1918
• Lieutenant-Commander Lewes G. Gardner, 16 September, 1918 – 21 March, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Edward S. Graham, 21 March, 1919 – 18 June, 1919

See Also

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