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H.M.S. Myrmidon (1896)
Pendant Number:	P.83 (1914) D.85 (Sep 1915)^[1]
Builder:	Palmer^[2]
Ordered:	1899 Programme^[3]
Laid down:	23 Oct, 1899^[4]
Launched:	26 May, 1900^[5]
Commissioned:	May, 1901^[6]
Mined:	26 Mar, 1917^[7]
Fate:	in English Channel^[8]

H.M.S. Myrmidon was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In 1904, a collision with Coquette was judged to be through an error in judgment of Commander Allan F. Everett. Their Lordships cautioned him to be more careful in future.^[9]

In early 1906, she was with the Channel Fleet's First Destroyer Flotilla, based in Portsmouth and tender to Sapphire.^[10]

In March, 1910, she was with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, part of the Third Division of the Home Fleet.

In mid-1913, she was with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.^[11]

By July, 1914, she was with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla. She stayed with that formation until being lost in a collision on 26 March, 1917.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Lieutenant & Commander Lancelot N. Turton, 14 August, 1901^[12] – 23 January, 1902^[13]
Commander Cecil F. Lambert, 23 January, 1902^[14]^[15]
Commander Allan F. Everett, 1 January, 1904^[16] – 1 June, 1904^[17]
Lieutenant & Commander Archibald T. Stewart, 1 June, 1904^[18]
Lieutenant & Commander Lionel J. G. Anderson, 28 May, 1906^[19]^[20] – 25 January, 1909^[21]
Lieutenant & Commander James Bayley, 25 January, 1909^[22] – 20 April, 1910
Lieutenant & Commander Maurice C. Bomford, c. 21 April, 1910^[23] – March, 1912^[24]
Lieutenant & Commander Richard W. U. Bayly, 3 November, 1912^[25]^[26] – 13 June, 1913^[27]
Lieutenant-Commander James V. Creagh, 13 June, 1913^[28]^[29] – 9 October, 1914^[30]
Lieutenant-Commander (retired) Robert H. B. Hammond-Chambers, 9 October, 1914^[31] – 20 April, 1915^[32]^[33]
Lieutenant-Commander George N. Gilbertson, 20 April, 1915^[34]^[35] – 25 October, 1915^[36]
Lieutenant-Commander George N. Gilbertson, 24 December, 1915^[37] – 17 March, 1916^[38]
Lieutenant in Command Arthur K. Gibson, 17 March, 1916^[39] – 17 August, 1916^[40]
Lieutenant R.N.R. in Command Oscar J. P. Lee, 17 August, 1916^[41] – 26 March, 1917^[42] (ship lost under his command)

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
↑ March. British Destroyers. p. 52.
↑ Smith. Hard Lying. p. 63.
↑ Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
↑ The Navy List. (June, 1906). p 270a.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 347.
↑ Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.
↑ Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.
↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
↑ The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 282.
↑ Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
↑ Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 347.
↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 347.
↑ Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 347.
↑ Bomford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/47. f. ?.
↑ Bomford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/47. f. ?.
↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 347.
↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
↑ Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 347.
↑ Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 396c.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 396c.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396d.
↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396d.
↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
↑ Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 400.
↑ Gibson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/157. ff. 513, 241. Some inference as to day of month.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396e.
↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 84.

Bibliography

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Thrasher

Virago

Earnest

Griffon

Locust

Panther

Seal

Wolf

Express

Orwell

Lively

Sprightly

Success

Spiteful

Peterel

Myrmidon

Syren

Kangaroo

Arab

Cobra

Albacore

Bonetta

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[1] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[2] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.

[3] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.

[4] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.

[5] Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.

[6] Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.

[7] March. British Destroyers. p. 52.

[8] Smith. Hard Lying. p. 63.

[9] Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.

[10] The Navy List. (June, 1906). p 270a.

[11] The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 347.

[12] Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.

[13] Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.

[14] Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.

[15] The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 282.

[16] Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.

[17] Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.

[18] The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 347.

[19] Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.

[20] The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 347.

[21] Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.

[22] The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 347.

[23] Bomford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/47. f. ?.

[24] Bomford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/47. f. ?.

[25] The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 347.

[26] Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.

[27] Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.

[28] Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.

[29] The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 347.

[30] Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.

[31] The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 396c.

[32] The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 396c.

[33] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396d.

[34] Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.

[35] The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396d.

[36] Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.

[37] Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.

[38] Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.

[39] The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 400.

[40] Gibson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/157. ff. 513, 241. Some inference as to day of month.

[41] The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396e.

[42] Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 84.

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