H.M.S. Medea (1915)

H.M.S. Medea (1915)
Pendant Number:	H.9C (Sep 1915) H.74 (Jan 1917)^[1]
Builder:	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company^[2]
Launched:	30 Jan, 1915^[3]
Completed:	Jun, 1915^[4]
Sold:	9 May, 1921^[5]

H.M.S. Medea was one of four Medea class destroyers laid down for the Greek Navy but completed for the Royal Navy.

In 1925, the former monitor H.M.S. M.22 was renamed Medea.

Service

Upon her completion, Medea joined the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla in mid-1915. In mid-1916, she left the flotilla, eventually to re-appear with the Ninth Submarine Flotilla in October, 1916 and then in the Tenth Submarine Flotilla by November.

In March 1919, she moved over to the Seventh Submarine Flotilla, which was essentially S.F. 10 under a new designation.

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander Reginald St. P. Parry, 15 May, 1915^[6]^[7] – 6 December, 1915^[8]
Commander George L. D. Gibbs, 6 December, 1915^[9] – 16 June, 1916^[10]
Commander George L. D. Gibbs, 12 August, 1916^[11] – 25 August, 1916^[12]
Commander Arthur W. Benson, 25 August, 1916^[13] – 28 October, 1919
Lieutenant in Command Lachlan D. Mackintosh, 13 February, 1919^[14] – 18 June, 1919^[15] (temporary, while Benson was sick)

Medea Class Destroyer

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