Medea-class destroyer

{{Short description|World War I class of Greek navy destroyers}}

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|Builders=*John Brown & Company

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|Built range=1914–1915

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|In commission range=1915–1921

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|Total ships completed=4

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|Total ships lost=1

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|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}}

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|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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Ship BuilderLaid downLaunchedCompletedFate
{{HMS|Medea|1915|2}} (ex-Kriti)John Brown & Company, Clydebank8 April 191430 January 1915May 1915Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921.
{{HMS|Medusa|1915|2}} (ex-Lesbos)John Brown, Clydebank191427 March 19151915Rammed and sunk by {{HMS|Laverock|1913|6}} off of Schleswig 25 March 1916.
{{HMS|Melampus|1914|2}} (ex-Chios)Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan191416 December 191429 June 1915Sold for breaking up 22 September 1921.
{{HMS|Melpomene|1915|2}} (ex-Samos)Fairfields, Govan19141 February 191516 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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Category:Destroyer classes

Category:Ship classes of the Royal Navy

Medea class