HMS Myrmidon (1900)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Myrmidon.

History


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:	Triple expansion steam engines Coal-fired water-tube boilers 6,200 hp (4,623 kW)
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:	63
Armament:	1 × QF 12-pounder gun 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

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. 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

↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36525). London. 5 August 1901. p. 8.

B-class destroyer

Quail class	Quail Sparrowhawk Thrasher Virago

Earnest class	Earnest Griffon Locust Panther Seal Wolf

Lively class	Lively Sprightly Success

Spiteful class	Spiteful Peterel

Myrmidon class	Myrmidon Syren

Palmers final group	Albacore Bonetta

Unique ships	Kangaroo Express Orwell Arab Cobra

Preceded by: A class Followed by: C class List of destroyers of the Royal Navy

Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in March 1917

Shipwrecks	3 Mar: Connaught 5 Mar: Copenhagen 8 Mar: Storstad 10 Mar: SM UC-43 12 Mar: HMS E49 13 Mar: SM UC-68 17 Mar: HMS Paragon 18 Mar: HMS Duchess of Montrose, SM UB-6 19 Mar: Danton 20 Mar: HMHS Asturias 23 Mar: HMS Laforey 26 Mar: HMS Myrmidon Unknown date: SM U-85

Other incidents	1 Mar: HMHS Glenart Castle 12 Mar: HMS Skate 14 Mar: Orsova 19 Mar: HMS E50, SM UC-62 27 Mar: Ultonia 31 Mar: HMHS Gloucester Castle

1916 1917 1918 February 1917 April 1917

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