HMS Syren (1900)
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Syren |
| Namesake: | Sirens |
| Builder: | Palmers, Jarrow |
| Launched: | 1900 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1920 |
| 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 Syren was one of two Myrmidon-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by Palmers in 1900, served in home waters and was sold off, after the First World War, in 1920.
Service history
HMS Syren was commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 April 1902 by Lieutenant and Commander the Hon. Herbert Meade and the crew of the Teazer, taking the place of the Teazer in the instructional flotilla.[1] Less than a month later, she had one of her funnels damaged in a collision with the service yacht HMS Hawk off Portsmouth.[2]
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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