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'''H.M.S. ''Melampus''''' was one of 4 destroyers of the [[Medea Class Destroyer (1914)|''Medea'' class]].
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'''H.M.S. ''Melampus''''' was one of four [[Medea Class Destroyer (1914)|''Medea'' class destroyers]] laid down for the [[Greek Navy]] but completed for the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
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''Melampus'' accidentally rammed and sank the {{UK-C16|f=t}} on 16 April, 1917 &ndash; the second time that submarine suffered that misfortune.
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The Admiralty credited her with sinking the {{DE-UC16|f=t}} on 23 October, 1917 while under the command of [[Charles Everard Hughes White]].<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/276.|D7604373}} f. ?.</ref>
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Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 810}}
 
Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 810}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Osborne Hewett|nick=George O. Hewett|appt=27 May, 1915<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/49/16.|D7604115}} f. 8.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 396''b''}}|end=6 February, 1917<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/49/16.|D7604115}} f. 8.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=15 February, 1917<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 395''p''}}|end=16 August, 1917<ref>Bignell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|note=invalided due to illegible condition}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Everard Hughes White|nick=Charles E. H. White|appt=14 August, 1917<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/276.|D7604373}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 844}}|end=12 March, 1919<ref>White Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/276.|D7604373}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=James Figgins|nick=James Figgins|appt=12 March, 1919<ref>Figgins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/9.|D8127909}} f. ?.</ref>|end=May, 1919<ref>Figgins Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/154/9.|D8127909}} f. ?.</ref>}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 21:33, 21 March 2020

H.M.S. Melampus (1914)
Pendant Number: H.44 (Sep 1915)
H.75 (Jan 1917)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[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.

The Admiralty credited her with sinking the submarine UC 16 on 23 October, 1917 while under the command of Charles Everard Hughes White.[6]

Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[7]

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. ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/276. f. ?.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 810.
  8. ↑ Hewett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/16. f. 8.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396b.
  10. ↑ Hewett Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/49/16. f. 8.
  11. ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395p.
  13. ↑ Bignell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/117. f. 521.
  14. ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/276. f. ?.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 844.
  16. ↑ White Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/276. f. ?.
  17. ↑ Figgins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/9. f. ?.
  18. ↑ Figgins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/9. f. ?.

Bibliography


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


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