Medea-class destroyer

Class overview
Builders:
Operators:  Royal Navy
Built: 19141915
In commission: 19151921
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)
Propulsion:
Speed: 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Endurance: 270 tons oil
Complement: 80
Armament:

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

NameShip BuilderLaid downLaunchedCompletedFate
Medea (ex-Kriti)John Brown & Company, Clydebank8 April 191430 January 1915May 1915Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921.
Medusa (ex-Lesbos)John Brown, Clydebank191427 March 19151915Rammed and sunk by HMS Laverock off of Schleswig 25 March 1916.
Melampus (ex-Chios)Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan191416 December 191429 June 1915Sold for breaking up 22 September 1921.
Melpomene (ex-Samos)Fairfields, Govan19141 February 1915 16 August 1915,Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921.

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