HMS Syren (1900)
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Syren |
Namesake | Sirens |
Builder | Palmers, Jarrow |
Launched | 20 December 1900 |
Fate | Sold, 1920 and scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Myrmidon-class destroyer |
Displacement | 350 long tons (356 t) |
Length | 210 ft (64 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement | 63 |
Armament |
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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.
Design and construction
In April 1899, the
Syren closely resembled
Armament was a single
Service history
HMS Syren was commissioned at
In September 1902 she ran a series of trials to test Reed′s automatic lubricator, with the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir Charles Frederick Hotham on board.[12] Lieutenant Henry Brocklebank was appointed in command on 5 November 1902.[13]
Whilst under the command of
Syren was part of the
First World War
The 6th Flotilla, including Syren, mobilised and transferred to its war station at Dover (as part of the Dover Patrol) on 31 July–1 August 1914. The Flotilla's role was to prevent German warships from passing into the English Channel.[22][23] Syren took part in the landing of a force of Royal Marines at Ostend on 27 August 1914.[24] On 28 October 1914, Syren was on anti-submarine patrol off Westende in Belgium with Falcon when the two ships came under fire from the shore. Falcon was hit, killing 8 and wounding 15 of her crew.[25]
On 24 February 1915 Syren went to the assistance of the steamship
On 1 August 1916 Syren sighted a German submarine passing Dove, she opened fire on the submarine and dropped depth charges, but with no effect.[31] Syren remained part of the Dover Patrol until the end of the war, leaving on 24 November 1918.[32] The ship was sold for scrap to Hayes of Porthcawl on 14 September 1920.[33]
Pennant numbers
Pennant number[33] | From | To |
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P72 | 1914 | Sep 1915 |
D93 | Sep 1915 | Jan 1918 |
D85 | Jan 1918 | - |
Notes
Citations
- ^ a b Friedman 2009, p. 55
- ^ a b Lyon 2001, pp. 80–81
- ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 78, 80–81
- ^ Lyon 2001, p. 78
- ^ a b Brassey 1902, p. 275
- ^ Lyon 2001, pp. 98–99
- ^ Friedman 2009, p. 40
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36739. London. 11 April 1902. p. 10.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36761. London. 7 May 1902. p. 10.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36794. London. 14 June 1902. p. 9.
- ^ "Naval Review at Spithead". The Times. No. 36847. London. 15 August 1902. p. 5.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36882. London. 25 September 1902. p. 8.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36910. London. 28 October 1902. p. 9.
- ^ a b "NMM, vessel ID 377105" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol iv. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ^ "Destroyer Wrecked: Crew Saved". Bunbury Herald. 3 May 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ "Progress of Warships and Machinery Building in England" (PDF). The Engineer. Vol. 101. 12 January 1906. pp. 33–34. Retrieved 21 March 2018 – via Graces Guide.
- ^ Gardiner & Gray 1985, p. 18
- ^ Manning 1961, pp. 17–18
- ^ Manning 1961, p. 25
- ^ "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad: Patrol Flotillas". The Navy List. March 1913. p. 269d.
- ^ "Fleets and Squadrons in Commission at Home and Abroad: Patrol Flotillas". The Navy List. August 1914. p. 269c.
- ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 7 1921, pp. 78–79, 86–87
- ^ "Ships of the Royal Navy — Location/Action Data 1914–1918: Admiralty "Pink Lists", 5 August 1914". World War 1 at Sea. naval-history.net. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 24 1924, pp. 3–7
- ^ Corbett 1920, p. 232
- ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 29 1925, p. 82
- ^ Grant 1964, p. 22
- ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 29 1925, pp. 89–91
- ^ Corbett 1921, pp. 275–276
- ^ Helgason, Guðmundur (2013). "WWI U-boats: U-8". U-boat.net. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Naval Staff Monograph No. 33 1927, p. 89
- ^ Bacon 1918, p. 627
- ^ a b Dittmar & Colledge 1972, p. 57
References
- Bacon, Reginald (1918). The Dover Patrol 1915–1917 Volume II. London: Hutchinson & Son.
- Brassey, T.A. (1902). The Naval Annual 1902. Portsmouth, UK: J. Griffin and Co.
- Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M, eds. (1979). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Corbett, Julian S. (1920). Naval Operations: Vol. I: To the Battle of the Falklands December 1914. History of the Great War. London: Longman's Green & Co.
- Corbett, Julian S. (1921). Naval Operations: Vol. II. History of the Great War. London: Longman's Green & Co.
- Dittmar, F. J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0380-7.
- Friedman, Norman (2009). British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-049-9.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1985). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.
- Grant, Robert M. (1964). U-Boats Destroyed: The Effect of Anti-Submarine Warfare 1914–1918. London: Putnam.
- Lyon, David (2001). The First Destroyers. London: Caxton Editions. ISBN 1-84067-3648.
- Manning, T. D. (1961). The British Destroyer. London: Putnam & Co. OCLC 6470051.
- March, Edgar J. (1966). British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans. London: Seeley Service. OCLC 164893555.
- Monograph No. 7: The Patrol Flotillas at the Outbreak of the War (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Vol. III. Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1921. pp. 71–107.
- Monograph No. 24: Home Waters: Part II.: September and October 1914 (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Vol. XI. Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1924.
- Monograph No. 29: Home Waters: Part IV.: From February to July 1915 (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Vol. XIII. Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1925.
- Monograph No. 33: Home Waters: Part VII.: From June 1916 to November 1916 (PDF). Naval Staff Monographs (Historical). Vol. XVII. Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division. 1927.