H.M.S. Pylades (1916)

H.M.S. Pylades (1916)
Pendant Number:	G.78 (Sep 1915) F.28 (Jan 1917) F.19 (Jan 1918) G.62 (Apr 1918) H.97 (Nov 1918)
Builder:	Alexander Stephen & Sons
Launched:	28 Sep, 1916
Completed:	30 Dec, 1916
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H.M.S. Pylades was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Pylades joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in December, 1916.

She transferred to the Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla in February 1918 with five other of the Thirteenth's "M" class destroyers.

Pylades was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Somerville P. B. Russell, 14 December, 1916 – 26 November, 1917
• Lieutenant in Command Henry A. Binmore, 26 November, 1917 – 5 November, 1918
• Lieutenant-Commander Richard C. A. Littleton, 5 November, 1918 – 21 March, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command Humphrey B. Jacomb, 28 March, 1919 – 26 April, 1919
• Lieutenant in Command Edward F. B. Law, 26 April, 1919 – 12 August, 1919

See Also

• Wikipedia