H.M.S. Moresby (1915)

H.M.S. Moresby (1915)
Pendant Number:	H.C1 (1914) F.02 (Jan 1917) H.27 (Jan 1918)^[1]
Builder:	J. S. White^[2]
Ordered:	Sep 1914^[3]
Launched:	20 Nov, 1915^[4]
Completed:	7 Apr, 1916^[5]
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H.M.S. Moresby was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

In April, 1916 Moresby was assigned to the newly-created Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.^[6]

At the Battle of Jutland, she screened the First Battle Cruiser Squadron as one of twelve destroyers operating with the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.^[7]^[8]

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore, 8 February, 1920.^[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant-Commander Roger V. Alison, April, 1916^[10] – 28 July, 1917^[11] (in command at Battle of Jutland)
Lieutenant in Command John A. P. Legh, 28 July, 1917^[12] – 5 March, 1918^[Inference] (Legh's Service Record doesn't clearly support this, but the preponderance of evidence does)
Lieutenant-Commander Godfrey R. Chambers, 5 March, 1918^[13]^[14] – 20 February, 1919^[15]

Legh's Service Record does not clearly indicate his taking command of Moresby, but he was awarded a D.S.C. specifically for his part in destroyer U 110, which this ship did with Michael. Navy Lists seem to bolster the view that he did switch from Acasta to Moresby on the date given above. I infer that his service record omits the appointment, which is a rare sort of error.— TONY LOVELL, Editor.