HMS Syren (1900)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Syren
Namesake:	Sirens
Builder:	Palmers, Jarrow
Launched:	1900
Fate:	Sold, 1920
General characteristics
Class & type:	Myrmidon-class destroyer
Displacement:	350 long tons (356 t)
Length:	210 ft (64 m)
Propulsion:	Triple expansion steam engines Coal-fired water-tube boilers 6,200 hp (4,623 kW)
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:	63
Armament:	1 × QF 12-pounder gun 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

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.

Service history

HMS Syren was commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 April 1902 by Lieutenant and Commander the Hon. Herbert Meade and the crew of the destroyer Teazer, taking the place of Teazer in the instructional flotilla.^[1] Less than a month later, she had one of her funnels damaged in a collision with the service yacht Hawk off Portsmouth.^[2] She was quickly repaired at Devonport, and re-joined the flotilla in mid-June.^[3]

Notes

1. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 11 April 1902. (36739), p. 10.
2. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 7 May 1902. (36761), p. 10.
3. "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Saturday, 14 June 1902. (36794), p. 9.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.