Medea-class destroyer
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.jpg) 'Medea'-class destroyer
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| Class overview | |
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| Builders | |
| Operators |  Royal Navy |
| Built | 1914–1915 |
| In commission | 1915–1921 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Lost | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,040 long tons (1,060 t) |
| Length | 273 ft 6 in (83.36 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
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| Speed | 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h) |
| Endurance | 270 tons oil |
| Complement | 80 |
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The Medea class were a
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
QF 4 inch guns, one on the forecastle, one between the first two funnels and the third on the quarterdeck
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Ships
| Name | Ship Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
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| Medea (ex-Kriti) | John Brown & Company, Clydebank | 8 April 1914 | 30 January 1915 | May 1915 | Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921. |
| Medusa (ex-Lesbos) | John Brown, Clydebank | 1914 | 27 March 1915 | 1915 | Rammed and sunk by Schleswig 25 March 1916.
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| Melampus (ex-Chios) | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan | 1914 | 16 December 1914 | 29 June 1915 | Sold for breaking up 22 September 1921. |
| Melpomene (ex-Samos) | Fairfields, Govan | 1914 | 1 February 1915 | 16 August 1915, | Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921. |
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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