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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Myrmidon'' (1896)|comm=May, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 97}}
 
<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Myrmidon'' (1896)|comm=May, 1901{{Conways1860|p. 97}}
 
|fatedate=26 Mar, 1917{{March|p. 52}}
 
|fatedate=26 Mar, 1917{{March|p. 52}}
|fate2=in English Channel{{HardLying|p. 63}}
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|fate2=w/ S.S. ''Hamborn''
 
|order=1899 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 97}}
 
|order=1899 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 97}}
 
|name=Myrmidon
 
|name=Myrmidon
 
|launch=26 May, 1900{{DittColl|p. 57}}
 
|launch=26 May, 1900{{DittColl|p. 57}}
|builder=[[Palmer]]{{Conways1860|p. 97}}
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|builder=[[Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company]]{{Conways1860|p. 97}}
 
|laid=23 Oct, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 97}}
 
|laid=23 Oct, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 97}}
|fate=Mined
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|fate=Collision
 
|pend=P.83 (1914)<br>D.85 (Sep 1915){{DittColl|p. 57}}
 
|pend=P.83 (1914)<br>D.85 (Sep 1915){{DittColl|p. 57}}
 
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'''H.M.S. ''Myrmidon''''' was one of twenty-four destroyers of the [["B" Class Destroyer (1895)|"B" class]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
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'''H.M.S. ''Myrmidon''''' was one of twenty-four [["B" Class Destroyer (1895)|"B" class destroyers]] built for the [[Royal Navy]] &mdash; a "30 knotter".
  
 
==Service==
 
==Service==
 
In 1904, a collision with {{UK-Coquette}} was judged to be through an error in judgment of {{CommRN}} [[Allan Frederic Everett|Allan F. Everett]].  Their Lordships cautioned him to be more careful in future.<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 23.</ref>
 
In 1904, a collision with {{UK-Coquette}} was judged to be through an error in judgment of {{CommRN}} [[Allan Frederic Everett|Allan F. Everett]].  Their Lordships cautioned him to be more careful in future.<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 23.</ref>
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In early 1906, she was with the [[Channel Fleet]]'s {{UK-DF|1}}, based in Portsmouth and tender to {{UK-Sapphire}}.{{NLJun06|p 270''a''}}
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She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1909]].{{ToL|The Naval Mobilization|Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9}}
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In March, 1910, she was with the {{UK-DF|4}}, part of the Third Division of the Home Fleet.
  
 
In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|3}}.{{NLJul13|p. 347}}
 
In mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|3}}.{{NLJul13|p. 347}}
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By July, 1914, she was with the {{UK-DF|6}}.  She stayed with that formation until being lost in a collision on 26 March, 1917.
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Myrmidon''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{UK-Myrmidon|f=p}}}}
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Myrmidon''">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Cyril Samuel Townsend|nick=Cyril S. Townsend|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}|end=|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lancelot Napier Turton|nick=Lancelot N. Turton|appt=14 August, 1901<ref>Turton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/100.|D7602886}} f. 111.</ref>|end=23 January, 1902<ref>Turton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/100.|D7602886}} f. 111.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=23 January, 1902<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 253/510.</ref>{{NLMay03|p. 282}}|end=}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Allan Frederic Everett|nick=Allan F. Everett|appt=1 January, 1904<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 23.</ref>|end=1 June, 1904<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 23.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Allan Frederic Everett|nick=Allan F. Everett|appt=1 January, 1904<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 23.</ref>|end=1 June, 1904<ref>Everett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 23.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Richard William Uniacke Bayly|nick=Richard W. U. Bayly|appt=3 November, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 347}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Archibald Thomas Stewart|nick=Archibald T. Stewart|appt=1 June, 1904{{NLNov05|p. 347}}|end=28 May, 1906}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Vandeleur Creagh|nick=James V. Creagh|appt=13 June, 1913{{NLApr14|p. 347}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lionel John Garfit Anderson|nick=Lionel J. G. Anderson|appt=28 May, 1906<ref>Anderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/354.|D7603138}} f. 399.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 347}}|end=25 January, 1909<ref>Anderson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/354.|D7603138}} f. 399.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Robert Herbert Borgnis Hammond-Chambers|nick=Robert H. B. Hammond-Chambers|appt=9 October, 1914{{NLJan15|p. 359}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=James Bayley|nick=James Bayley|appt=25 January, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 347}}|end=20 April, 1910}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George N. Gilbertson|nick=George N. Gilbertson|appt=20 April, 1915{{NLOct15|p. 396''d''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Maurice Crause Bomford|nick=Maurice C. Bomford|appt=21 April, 1910<ref>Bomford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/47.|D7604146}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLApr11|p. 347}}|end=March, 1912<ref>Bomford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/47.|D7604146}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} R.N.R. in Command|name=Oscar James Prosser Lee|nick=Oscar J. P. Lee|appt=17 August, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''e''}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Anthony Lancelot Henry Dean Coke|nick=Anthony L. H. D. Coke|appt=27 April, 1910<ref>Coke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/133.|}} f. 68.</ref>|end=May 1910<ref>Coke Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/133.|}} f. 68.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Richard William Uniacke Bayly|nick=Richard W. U. Bayly|appt=3 November, 1912{{NLMar13|p. 347}}<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122118}} f. 155.</ref>|end=13 June, 1913<ref>Bayly Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/143.|D8122118}} f. 155.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=James Vandeleur Creagh|nick=James V. Creagh|appt=13 June, 1913<ref>Creagh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>{{NLApr14|p. 347}}|end=9 October, 1914<ref>Creagh Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/95.|D7576658}} f. 220.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} (retired)|name=Robert Herbert Borgnis Hammond-Chambers|nick=Robert H. B. Hammond-Chambers|appt=9 October, 1914<ref>Hammond-Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/200.|D7603707}} f. 201.</ref>{{NLApr15|p. 396''c''}}|end=20 April, 1915<ref>Hammond-Chambers Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/200.|D7603707}} f. 201.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Noel Gilbertson|nick=George N. Gilbertson|appt=20 April, 1915<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 396''d''}}|end=25 October, 1915<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Noel Gilbertson|nick=George N. Gilbertson|appt=24 December, 1915<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>|end=17 March, 1916<ref>Gilbertson Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/51/46.|D7604801}} f. 51.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Kenneth Gibson|nick=Arthur K. Gibson|appt=17 March, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 400}}|end=17 August, 1916<ref>Gibson Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/157.|D7576718}} ff. 513, 241. Some inference as to day of month.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRNR}}|name=Oscar James Prosser Lee|nick=Oscar J. P. Lee|appt=17 August, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 396''e''}}|end=26 March, 1917{{HepperLosses|p. 84}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=ship lost under his command}}
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
 
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
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Coke and Bomford should be explored.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 01:00, 21 December 2021

H.M.S. Myrmidon (1896)
Pendant Number: P.83 (1914)
D.85 (Sep 1915)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: 1899 Programme[3]
Laid down: 23 Oct, 1899[4]
Launched: 26 May, 1900[5]
Commissioned: May, 1901[6]
Collision: 26 Mar, 1917[7]
Fate: w/ S.S. Hamborn

H.M.S. Myrmidon was one of twenty-four "B" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In 1904, a collision with Coquette was judged to be through an error in judgment of Commander Allan F. Everett. Their Lordships cautioned him to be more careful in future.[8]

In early 1906, she was with the Channel Fleet's First Destroyer Flotilla, based in Portsmouth and tender to Sapphire.[9]

She was one of twenty-seven T.B.Ds. of the Portsmouth Flotilla to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1909.[10]

In March, 1910, she was with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, part of the Third Division of the Home Fleet.

In mid-1913, she was with the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[11]

By July, 1914, she was with the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla. She stayed with that formation until being lost in a collision on 26 March, 1917.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Coke and Bomford should be explored.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 57.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 97.
  7. March. British Destroyers. p. 52.
  8. Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
  9. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p 270a.
  10. "The Naval Mobilization." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 17, 1909, Issue 38988, p.9.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 347.
  12. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  13. Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.
  14. Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.
  15. Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 253/510.
  16. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 282.
  17. Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
  18. Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
  19. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 347.
  20. Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
  21. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 347.
  22. Anderson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/354. f. 399.
  23. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 347.
  24. Bomford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/47. f. ?.
  25. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 347.
  26. Bomford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/47. f. ?.
  27. Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/133. f. 68.
  28. Coke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/133. f. 68.
  29. The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 347.
  30. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  31. Bayly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/143. f. 155.
  32. Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
  33. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 347.
  34. Creagh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/95. f. 220.
  35. Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
  36. The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 396c.
  37. Hammond-Chambers Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/200. f. 201.
  38. Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  39. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396d.
  40. Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  41. Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  42. Gilbertson Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/51/46. f. 51.
  43. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 400.
  44. Gibson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/157. ff. 513, 241. Some inference as to day of month.
  45. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396e.
  46. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 84.

Bibliography


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