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Revision as of 12:59, 13 June 2016

H.M.S. Melampus (1914)
Pendant Number: H.44 (Sep 1915)
H.75 (Jan 1917)[1]
Builder: John Brown[2]
Launched: 16 Dec, 1914[3]
Completed: 29 Jun, 1915[4]
Sold: 22 Sep, 1921[5]

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

Service

Melampus accidentally rammed and sank the submarine C 16 on 16 April, 1917 – the second time that submarine suffered that misfortune.

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 68.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 309.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 68.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 810.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396b.
  8. ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395p.
  10. ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 844.

Bibliography


Medea Class Destroyer
  Medea Medusa Melampus Melpomene  
<– "M" Class Destroyers (UK) Talisman Class –>


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