HMS Ophelia was an Admiralty M-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the First World War, entering service in 1916.

The turbines developed a total of 25,000 shaft horsepower (19,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph).

The ships carried a maximum of 237 long tons (241 t) of fuel oil that gave them a range of 2,100 nautical miles (3,900 km; 2,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

[2] Ophelia was ordered under the Third War Programme in November 1914 and laid down on 1 February 1915 by William Doxford & Sons at their shipyard in Sunderland.

[7] After Jutland, Ophelia joined the newly established 14th Destroyer Flotilla, also part of the Grand Fleet.