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==Service==
==Service==
Reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 28 April, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 852}}
''Relentless'' was one of three "M" class destroyers to form the new {{UK-DF|14}} 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 {{UK-Greenwich}} on "miscellaneous service."
 
Reduced to Reserve at Portsmouth on 28 April, 1919.{{NLApr25|p. 263}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=18 May, 1916<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>|end=c. June, 1916<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Piercy Leith|nick=George P. Leith|appt=18 May, 1916<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>|end=c. June, 1916<ref>Leith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/437.|D7576629}} f. 439.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Davenport Colville|nick=Hugh D. Colville|appt=June, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 397''j''}}|end=June, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Hugh Davenport Colville|nick=Hugh D. Colville|appt=June, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 397''j''}}|end=June, 1918<ref>Colville Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/231.|D7603483}}  f. 235.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Francis Theodor Hare|nick=Francis T. Hare|appt=14 June, 1918|end=8 July, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Francis Theodor Hare|nick=Francis T. Hare|appt=14 June, 1918|end=8 July, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} in Command|name=Edward Francis Bold Law|nick=Edward F. B. Law|appt=8 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 891}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Edward Francis Bold Law|nick=Edward F. B. Law|appt=8 July, 1918{{NLFeb19|p. 891}}|end=29 March, 1919}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=10 July, 1924<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 855}}|end=21 August, 1924<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=10 July, 1924<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 855}}|end=21 August, 1924<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Robert Augustus Fell|nick=Robert A. Fell|appt=19 October, 1942{{UBAllyWarship|4510}}|end=18 September, 1944{{UBAllyWarship|4510}}}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 12:06, 25 June 2018

H.M.S. Relentless (1916)
Pendant Number: G.57 (Sep 1915)
G.69 (Jan 1917)[1]
Builder: Yarrow & Company[2]
Launched: 15 Apr, 1916[3]
Completed: May, 1916[4]
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.[5]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 68.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 80.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 80.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 309.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 263.
  6. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  7. ↑ Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397j.
  9. ↑ Colville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/231. f. 235.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 891.
  11. ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 855.
  13. ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  14. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
  15. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.

Bibliography


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