H.M.S. Onslaught (1915)

H.M.S. Onslaught (1915)
Pendant Number:	G.22 (1914) G.41 (Jan 1917) G.40 (Jan 1918) G.8A (Jun 1918)
Builder:	Fairfield
Ordered:	Nov 1914 (2nd Order)
Launched:	4 Dec, 1915
Completed:	3 Mar, 1916
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H.M.S. Onslaught was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Onslaught joined the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla in February, 1916, and operated with it at the Battle of Jutland.

In May, 1918, she transferred to the Third Destroyer Flotilla, being then one of just two destroyers.

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 17 October, 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

• Lieutenant-Commander Arthur G. Onslow, 9 January, 1916 – 1 June, 1916  (killed while in command at Battle of Jutland)
• Lieutenant-Commander Basil W. L. Owen, 8 June, 1916 – 26 October, 1917
• Commander John O. Barron, 26 October, 1917 – 26 November, 1917
• Lieutenant in Command Hamilton E. Snepp, December, 1917 – 17 May, 1918
• Lieutenant in Command Kenneth H. Grant, 18 May, 1918

See Also

• Twelfth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland
• Wikipedia