HMS Melampus (1914)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Melampus.

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Melampus
Builder:	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down:	1914
Launched:	16 December 1914
Completed:	29 June 1915
Fate:	Sold for breaking up, 22 September 1921
General characteristics
Class & type:	Medea-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,040 long tons (1,060 t)
Length:	273 ft 6 in (83.36 m)
Beam:	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught:	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion:	Yarrow-type water-tube boilers Brown-Curtis steam turbines 3 shafts 25,000 shp (19 MW)
Speed:	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Endurance:	270 tons oil
Complement:	80
Armament:	3 × QF 4-inch (100 mm) Mark IV guns, single mounting P Mk. IX 1 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II, single mounting HA Mk.I 2 × twin 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes

Chios was a Medea-class destroyer laid down for the Greek Navy by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan in 1914. She was launched as 16 December 1914 and completed for service in the Royal Navy as HMS Melampus on 29 June 1915.^[1] In 1917 she accidentally rammed and sank the C-class submarine C16. She was sold for breaking up 22 September 1921.

References

↑ "Medea Class Destroyers". worldnavalships.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.

Medea-class destroyers

Royal Hellenic Navy Kriti class	Chios Kriti Lesbos Samos

Royal Navy	Melampus (ex-Chios) Medea (ex-Kriti) Medusa (ex-Lesbos) Melpomene (ex-Samos)

Preceded by: Talisman class Followed by: Faulknor class

List of destroyers of the Royal Hellenic Navy List of destroyers of the Royal Navy

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