| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Myrmidon |
| Namesake: | Myrmidons |
| Builder: | Palmers, Jarrow |
| Launched: | 26 May 1900 |
| Fate: | Lost after collision, 26 March 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Myrmidon-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 350 long tons (356 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Propulsion: | Triple expansion steam engines Coal-fired water-tube boilers 6,200 hp (4,623 kW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 63 |
| Armament: | • 1 × QF 12-pounder gun • 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Myrmidon was one of two Myrmidon-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She launched by Palmers on 26 May 1900 and was used in both the Mediterranean and home waters.
Myrmidon was badly damaged in a collision with the merchant ship Hamborn on 26 March 1917 off Dungeness. Her crew were rescued by HMS Mermaid and SS Tambour, with the loss of one life.
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