Name HMS Syren Fate Sold, 1920 Launched 1900 | Namesake Sirens Displacement 350 long tons (356 t) Length 64 m | |
Propulsion 2 × Triple expansion steam engines4 × Coal-fired Reed water tube boilers6,200 hp (4,623 kW) Builder Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company | ||
HMS Syren was one of two Myrmidon-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by Palmers in 1900, served in home waters and was sold off, after the First World War, in 1920.
Service history
HMS Syren was commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 April 1902 by Lieutenant and Commander the Hon. Herbert Meade and the crew of the destroyer Teazer, taking the place of Teazer in the instructional flotilla. Less than a month later, she had one of her funnels damaged in a collision with the service yacht Hawk off Portsmouth. She was quickly repaired at Devonport, and re-joined the flotilla in mid-June.
References
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