H.M.S. Oriole (1916)

H.M.S. Oriole (1916)
Pendant Number:	G.44 (Sep 1915) F.16 (Jan 1917) D.1A (Jan 1918) D.06 (Apr 1918)
Builder:	Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Ordered:	Feb 1915
Launched:	31 Jul, 1916
Completed:	Nov, 1916
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H.M.S. Oriole was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 25 March, 1920.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander James F. Houstoun, 23 October, 1916 – 19 March, 1917
• Lieutenant-Commander David V. F. Erskine, 5 May, 1917 – 31 August, 1917
• Lieutenant-Commander Edward R. M. Geake, 11 September, 1917 – 17 December, 1917
• Lieutenant in Command John D. Harvey, 17 December, 1917 – 22 October, 1919

See Also

• Wikipedia