Naval order of 24 October 1918

Op. 269/A I
Part of Naval Operations in the First World War
Location	53°45′N 05°15′E / 53.750°N 5.250°E / 53.750; 5.250 (North Sea)
Planned	24 October 1918
Planned by	German Naval Staff
Target	Southern North Sea
Date	30–31 October 1918
Executed by	High Seas Fleet under Admiral Hipper
Outcome	Cancellation following outbreak of mutiny in the German Fleet

The naval order of 24 October 1918 was a plan made by the German Admiralty to provoke a decisive battle between the German High Seas Fleet and the British Grand Fleet in the southern North Sea in the final weeks of World War I. It was drawn up contrary to the wishes and without the knowledge of the German government. When the order to prepare for the sortie was issued on 29 October, mutiny broke out aboard some of the German ships stationed at Wilhelmshaven. Despite the cancellation of the operation, the sailors' revolt led to the more serious Kiel mutiny, which was the starting point for the German Revolution of 1918-19 and the establishment of the Weimar Republic.