H.M.S. Myrmidon (1900)

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H.M.S. Myrmidon (1896)
Pendant Number: P.83 (1914)
D.85 (Sep 1915)[1]
Builder: Palmer[2]
Ordered: 1899 Programme[3]
Laid down: 23 Oct, 1899[4]
Launched: 26 May, 1900[5]
Commissioned: May, 1901[6]
Mined: 26 Mar, 1917[7]
Fate: in English Channel[8]

H.M.S. Myrmidon was one of twenty-four destroyers of the "B" class — a "30 knotter".

Service

In 1904, a collision with Coquette was judged to be through an error in judgment of Commander Allan F. Everett. Their Lordships cautioned him to be more careful in future.[9]

In mid-1913, she was with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  7. March. British Destroyers. p. 52.
  8. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 63.
  9. Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 347.
  11. Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
  12. Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
  13. Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
  14. Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
  15. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 347.
  16. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  17. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 347.
  19. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 359.
  20. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396d.
  21. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396e.

Bibliography


"B" Class Destroyer
Quail Sparrowhawk Thrasher Virago Earnest
Griffon Locust Panther Seal Wolf
Express Orwell Lively Sprightly Success
Spiteful Peterel Myrmidon Syren Kangaroo
  Arab Cobra Albacore Bonetta  
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