HMS Onslaught (1915)

HMS Onslaught was a Admiralty M-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The destroyer sank the only battleship to be lost in the Battle of Jutland. The M class were an improvement on the previous L-class, capable of higher speed. The vessel, launched on 4 December 1915, joined the Twelfth Destroyer Flotilla under the flotilla leader Faulknor. The ship saw action during the Battle of Jutland in May 1916, jointly sinking the German torpedo boat SMS V48 and launching the torpedo that sank the pre-dreadnought battleship SMS Pommern. Subsequently, the destroyer acted as an escort to other naval ships and took part in anti-submarine operations. At the end of the war, Onslaught was withdrawn from service and, on 30 October 1921, sold to be broken up.

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