HMS Myrmidon (1900)

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Myrmidon
Namesake: Myrmidons
Builder: Palmers, Jarrow
Launched: 26 May 1900
Fate: Lost after collision, 26 March 1917
General characteristics
Class and type: Myrmidon-class destroyer
Displacement: 350 long tons (356 t)
Length: 210 ft (64 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement: 63
Armament:

HMS Myrmidon was one of two Myrmidon-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy.

Service history

Myrmidon was launched by Palmers on 26 May 1900, and commissioned in August 1901 to serve on the Mediterranean Station.[1] Commander Cecil Lambert was appointed in command in January 1902, and in September that year she was part of a squadron visiting Nauplia and Souda Bay at Crete.[2] During her later service she was used in both the Mediterranean and home waters.

Myrmidon sank after a collision with the merchant ship Hamborn on 26 March 1917 off Dungeness. Her crew were rescued by HMS Mermaid and SS Tambour, with the loss of one life.


References

  1. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36525). London. 5 August 1901. p. 8.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36883). London. 26 September 1902. p. 8.


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