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==Service==
==Service==
''Oracle'' joined the {{UK-DF|13}} in August, 1916.{{SMNLAug16|p. 12}}
''Oracle'' joined the {{UK-DF|13}} in August, 1916.{{SMNLAug16|p. 12}}
On 12 August, 1917, ''Oracle'' rammed and sank the {{DE-U44}} off of South Norway.<ref>[http://www.uboat.net/wwi/fates/losses.html Uboat.net page on WW1 losses.]</ref>


''Oracle'' left 13 D.F. in September 1917, and in December was active with the {{UK-DF|4}}.{{SMNLSep17|. p. 12}}{{SMNLDec17|p. 14}}
''Oracle'' left 13 D.F. in September 1917, and in December was active with the {{UK-DF|4}}.{{SMNLSep17|. p. 12}}{{SMNLDec17|p. 14}}
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Grendon Tippet|nick=Arthur G. Tippet|appt=July, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''gg''}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=10 July, 1916<ref>Blackman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/336.|D7863939}} f. ?.</ref>|end=July, 1916<ref>Blackman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/336.|D7863939}} f. ?.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lionel George Foote|nick=Lionel G. Foote|appt=16 October, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 855}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Arthur Grendon Tippet|nick=Arthur G. Tippet|appt=July, 1916<ref>Tippet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/27.|D7604440}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 396''gg''}}|end=August, 1917<ref>Tippet Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/27.|D7604440}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lionel George Foote|nick=Lionel G. Foote|appt=8 October, 1917<ref>Foote Service Records {{TNA|ADM 196/50/53.|D7604465}} f. ?.</ref>|ass=16 October, 1917{{NLFeb19|p. 855}}|end=23 July, 1919<ref>Foote Service Records {{TNA|ADM 196/50/53.|D7604465}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cuthbert Patrick Blake|nick=Cuthbert P. Blake|appt=23 July, 1919<ref>Blake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/6.|D7604419}} f. 173.</ref>|end=1 October, 1919<ref>Blake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/6.|D7604419}} f. 173.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Russell Grenfell|nick=Russell Grenfell|appt=c. December 1919<ref>Grenfell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/76.|}} f. 76.</ref>|end=5 January, 1920<ref>Grenfell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/54/76.|}} f. 76.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Ralph George Hamilton Izat|nick=Ralph G. H. Izat|appt=5 January, 1920{{NavAppts|Wednesday, January 7, 1920, Issue 42301, p.6}}<ref>Izat Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/28.|D8116660}} f. 28.</ref>|end=1 February, 1920<ref>Izat Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/96/28.|D8116660}} f. 28.</ref>{{NLApr20|p. 818}}}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 20:30, 29 August 2021

H.M.S. Oracle (1915)
Pendant Number: G.27 (1914)
F.08 (Jan 1917)
D.46 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: William Doxford & Sons[2]
Ordered: Nov 1914 (2nd Order)[3]
Launched: 23 Dec, 1915[4]
Completed: Aug, 1916[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Oracle joined the Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla in August, 1916.[6]

On 12 August, 1917, Oracle rammed and sank the U 44 off of South Norway.[7]

Oracle left 13 D.F. in September 1917, and in December was active with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla.[8][9]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 1 February, 1920.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 66.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  3. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 66.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
  5. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 309.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (August, 1916). p. 12.
  7. ↑ Uboat.net page on WW1 losses.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (September, 1917). . p. 12.
  9. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1917). p. 14.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 817.
  11. ↑ Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?.
  12. ↑ Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?.
  13. ↑ Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396gg.
  15. ↑ Tippet Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/27. f. ?.
  16. ↑ Foote Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/50/53. f. ?.
  17. ↑ Foote Service Records The National Archives. ADM 196/50/53. f. ?.
  18. ↑ Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
  19. ↑ Blake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/6. f. 173.
  20. ↑ Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/76. f. 76.
  21. ↑ Grenfell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/76. f. 76.
  22. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, January 7, 1920, Issue 42301, p.6.
  23. ↑ Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
  24. ↑ Izat Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/28. f. 28.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1920). p. 818.

Bibliography


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