Maritime History

HMS Opal (1915)

HMS Opal was an Admiralty M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served in the First World War following her construction at Sunderland in 1915. Attached to the 12th Destroyer Flotilla based with the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, Opal had an eventful short life, which ended in shipwreck after two and a half years of service.

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• ▸HMS Sultan (1870)
• ▸Cologne school of painting
• ▸Battle of the St. Lawrence

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