H.M.S. Musketeer (1915)

H.M.S. Musketeer (1915)
Pendant Number:	H.1C (Feb 1915) G.15 (Jan 1917) G.19 (Apr 1918) H.42 (Jun 1918)
Builder:	Yarrow & Company
Launched:	12 Nov, 1915
Completed:	Dec, 1915
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H.M.S. Musketeer was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Musketeer joined the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla in January, 1916. She and flotilla-mate Marmion missed participating with their formation in the Battle of Jutland.

Musketeer reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 13 December, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant in Command Charles G. Naylor, 14 December, 1915 – late December, 1915
• Commander Richard M. King, December, 1915 – 25 August, 1916
• Lieutenant in Command Godfrey R. Chambers, 25 August, 1916 – 18 October, 1916
• Lieutenant in Command John M. Porter, 18 October, 1916 – 2 February, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command Edward Eastwick-Field, 2 February, 1918 – 28 December, 1918
• Commander Richard A. A. Plowden, 28 December, 1918 – 29 January, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander Horace Walker, 29 January, 1919 – 1 October, 1919
• Lieutenant-Commander John H. Jauncey, 28 November, 1919 – 13 December, 1919  (reported to Second Sea Lord's office upon reducing to C. & M. Party)

See Also

• Wikipedia