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|fate2=in English Channel{{HardLying|p. 63}}
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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".
'''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 mid-1913, she was with the {{UK-DF|3}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913), p. 347.</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>
 
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''}}
 
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}}
 
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}}
 
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.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Myrmidon''">
* {{LieutRN}} & Commander [[Richard William Uniacke Bayly|Richard W. U. Bayly]], 3 November, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (March, 1913), p. 347.</ref>
{{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]]}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[James Vandeleur Creagh|James V. Creagh]], 13 June, 1913.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914), p. 347.</ref>
{{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>}}
* {{LCommRN}} (ret) [[Robert Herbert Borgnis Hammond-Chambers|Robert H. B. Hammond-Chambers]], 9 October, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915), p. 359.</ref>
{{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=}}
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{{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={{LaCRN}}|name=Archibald Thomas Stewart|nick=Archibald T. Stewart|appt=1 June, 1904{{NLNov05|p. 347}}|end=28 May, 1906}}
{{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={{LaCRN}}|name=James Bayley|nick=James Bayley|appt=25 January, 1909{{NLJan10|p. 347}}|end=20 April, 1910}}
{{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={{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}}
{{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>}}
{{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>}}
{{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>}}
{{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>}}
{{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>}}
{{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>}}
{{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>
 
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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Express Orwell Lively Sprightly Success
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