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'''H.M.S. ''Offa''''' was one of 103 destroyers of the [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Offa''''' was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the [["M" Class Destroyer (1914)|"M" class]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[Great War]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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Reduced to C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 24 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 817}}
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Upon being completed in August 1916, ''Offa'' joined the growing {{UK-DF|14}}, which was tasked with screening the [[Grand Fleet]].  She would remain with the formation until the end of the war, transferring to the {{UK-DF|1}} in December 1918.
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She was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 24 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 817}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Clarence Walter Eyre Trelawny|nick=Clarence W. E. Trelawny|appt=1 July, 1916<ref>Trelawny Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/32.|D7603539}} f. 32.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 396''gg''}}|end=4 February, 1917<ref>Trelawny Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/32.|D7603539}} f. 32.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Macaulay Lecky|nick=Arthur M. Lecky|appt=4 February, 1917<ref>Lecky Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/54.|D7603561}}  f. 54.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 396}}|end=1 October, 1918<ref>Lecky Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/54.|D7603561}}  f. 54.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=John Walter Durnford|nick=John W. Durnford|appt=3 February, 1919<ref>Durnford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/129.|D7605540}} f. 128.</ref>|end=16 October, 1919<ref>Durnford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/53/129.|D7605540}} f. 128.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 14 December 2021

H.M.S. Offa (1916)
Pendant Number: G.45 (Sep 1915)
G.56 (Jan 1917)
G.57 (Jan 1918)
D.96 (Nov 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company[2]
Ordered: Feb 1915[3]
Launched: 7 Jun, 1916[4]
Completed: 31 Jul, 1916[5]
Sold:

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

Service

Upon being completed in August 1916, Offa joined the growing Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla, which was tasked with screening the Grand Fleet. She would remain with the formation until the end of the war, transferring to the First Destroyer Flotilla in December 1918.

She was reduced to a C. & M. Party at Portsmouth on 24 October, 1919.[6]

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. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 817.
  7. ↑ Trelawny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/32. f. 32.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396gg.
  9. ↑ Trelawny Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/32. f. 32.
  10. ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 396.
  12. ↑ Lecky Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/54. f. 54.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 854a.
  14. ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.
  15. ↑ Durnford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/129. f. 128.

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