Medea-class destroyer
{{Short description|World War I class of Greek navy destroyers}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image='Medea'-class destroyer RMG PV2609 (cropped).jpg |Ship caption='Medea'-class destroyer }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name= |Builders=*John Brown & Company |Operators={{navy|United Kingdom}} |Class before= |Class after= |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range=1914–1915 |In service range= |In commission range=1915–1921 |Total ships building= |Total ships planned= |Total ships completed=4 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost=1 |Total ships retired= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Destroyer |Ship displacement={{convert|1040|LT|t|lk=in}} |Ship length={{convert|273|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|26|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|10|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship speed={{convert|32|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance=270 tons oil |Ship propulsion=*Yarrow-type water-tube boilers
|Ship complement=80 |Ship armament=*3 × QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII, single mounting P Mk. IX
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The Medea class were a class of destroyers that were being built for the Greek Navy at the outbreak of World War I but were taken over and completed for the Royal Navy for wartime service. All were named after characters from Greek mythology as result of their Greek heritage.
The Medeas were a private design roughly similar to their various Royal Navy M-class contemporaries. They had three funnels, the foremost of which was taller, and unusually, the mainmast was taller than the foremast, giving rise to a distinctive appearance. They shipped three single QF 4 inch guns, one on the forecastle, one between the first two funnels and the third on the quarterdeck.
Ships
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!Name | Ship Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
{{HMS|Medea|1915|2}} (ex-Kriti) | John Brown & Company, Clydebank | 8 April 1914 | 30 January 1915 | May 1915 | Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921. |
{{HMS|Medusa|1915|2}} (ex-Lesbos) | John Brown, Clydebank | 1914 | 27 March 1915 | 1915 | Rammed and sunk by {{HMS|Laverock|1913|6}} off of Schleswig 25 March 1916. |
{{HMS|Melampus|1914|2}} (ex-Chios) | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan | 1914 | 16 December 1914 | 29 June 1915 | Sold for breaking up 22 September 1921. |
{{HMS|Melpomene|1915|2}} (ex-Samos) | Fairfields, Govan | 1914 | 1 February 1915 | 16 August 1915, | Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921. |
Bibliography
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War|year=2009|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84832-049-9}}
- {{cite book|editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book|last=March|first=Edgar J.|title=British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans|year=1966|publisher=Seeley Service|location=London |oclc=164893555}}
- Destroyers of the Royal Navy, 1893-1981, Maurice Cocker, 1983, Ian Allan {{ISBN|0-7110-1075-7}}
- Jane's Fighting Ships, 1919, Jane's Publishing
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