H.M.S. Melpomene (1915)

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H.M.S. Melpomene (1915)
Pendant Number: H.09 (Sep 1915)
H.76 (Jan 1918)
H.50 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: John Brown & Company[2]
Launched: 1 Feb, 1915[3]
Completed: 16 Aug, 1915[4]
Sold: 9 May, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Melpomene was one of four Medea class destroyers laid down for the Greek Navy but completed for the Royal Navy.

Sold in 1921, the former monitor M.31 took on the name of Melpomene in 1922.

Service

Melpomene fought in the Action of 23 July, 1916, a running night action where she pursued a superior force of German destroyers.

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at the Nore on 9 February, 1920.[6]

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. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 810.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396b.
  8. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395p.
  10. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/33. f. 363.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 844.

Bibliography


Medea Class Destroyer
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