H.M.S. Osiris (1916)

H.M.S. Osiris (1916)
Pendant Number:	G.68 (Sep 1915) F.26 (Jan 1917) F.31 (Jan 1918) G.72 (Apr 1918) H.30 (Nov 1918)
Builder:	Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company
Ordered:	Feb 1915
Launched:	28 Sep, 1916
Completed:	Dec, 1916
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H.M.S. Osiris was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Osiris joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in December, 1916.

In March 1918, she joined the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, but she remained for just about one moth before returning to the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla.

In August 1918 Osiris was transferred to the Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla, which was augmenting the defence of Devonport.

She paid off at Chatham on 10 October, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant in Command Humphrey M. Robson, 8 December, 1916 – 3 January, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command Philip A. Heyder, 13 January, 1918 – 19 January, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command Charles M. Blackman, 21 February, 1918 – 6 December, 1918  (out sick with flu, 24 April to 30 May)
• Lieutenant-Commander Alexander S. Douglas, 19 May, 1918 – 5 June, 1918  (temporary, while Blackman had the flu)
• Lieutenant in Command Edmund Johnstone, 6 December, 1918 – 1 October, 1919

See Also

• Wikipedia