Name HMS Myrmidon Displacement 350 long tons (356 t) Length 64 m | Namesake Myrmidons Launched 26 May 1900 | |
Fate Lost after collision, 26 March 1917 Class and type Myrmidon-class destroyer Propulsion 2 × Triple expansion steam engines
4 × Coal-fired Reed water tube boilers
6,200 hp (4,623 kW) Builder Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | ||
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. 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
HMS Myrmidon (1900) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA