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'''H.M.S. ''Owl''''' was one of 20 destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Owl''''' was one of twenty destroyers of the [[Acasta Class Destroyer (1912)|''Acasta'' class]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
She operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]] under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Robert G. Hamond]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
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She operated with the {{UK-DF|4}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]] under the command of {{LCommRN}} [[Robert Gerald Hamond|Robert G. Hamond]].{{UKJutlandOD|pp. 34, 44}}
  
 
Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 819-20}}
 
Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 819-20}}
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Robert G. Hamond]], 27 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 365.</ref>
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Robert Gerald Hamond|Robert G. Hamond]], 27 April, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 365.</ref>
 
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Revision as of 19:42, 4 January 2014

H.M.S. Owl (1913)
Pendant Number: H.31 (1914)
H.93 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: London & Glasgow[2]
Launched: 7 Jul, 1913[3]
Sold: Nov, 1921[4]

H.M.S. Owl was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.

Service

She operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Robert G. Hamond.[5]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  5. Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 819-20.
  7. The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 365.

Bibliography


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