H.M.S. Relentless (1916)

H.M.S. Relentless (1916)
Pendant Number:	G.57 (Sep 1915) G.69 (Jan 1917)
Builder:	Yarrow & Company
Launched:	15 Apr, 1916
Completed:	May, 1916
Sold:

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

Service

Relentless was one of three "M" class destroyers to form the new Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla in May-June, 1916. She operated with the flotilla as it grew much stronger, working in support of the Grand Fleet until it was disbanded in February, 1919 at which time she was made a tender to Greenwich on "miscellaneous service."

Reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 28 April, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Commander George P. Leith, 18 May, 1916 – c. June, 1916
• Commander Hugh D. Colville, June, 1916 – June, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command Francis T. Hare, 14 June, 1918 – 8 July, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command Edward F. B. Law, 8 July, 1918 – 29 March, 1919
• Commander Lawrence D'O. Bignell, 10 July, 1924 – 21 August, 1924  (temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises)
• Lieutenant-Commander Robert A. Fell, 19 October, 1942 – 18 September, 1944

See Also

• Wikipedia