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	Seekriegsleitung
Target	Southern North Sea
Date	30–31 October 1918
Executed by	High Seas Fleet (Franz von Hipper)
Outcome	Cancelled following rebellion in the High Seas Fleet

The naval order of 24 October 1918 was a plan made by the Seekriegsleitung of the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) 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 the First World War. The plan 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, resistance 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 began the German Revolution of 1918-19 and the establishment of the Weimar Republic.