H.M.S. Myngs (1914)

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H.M.S. Myngs (1914)
Pendant Number: H.A5 (1914)
H.87 (Jan 1918)
D.41 (Sep 1918)[1]
Builder: Palmer Shipbuilding and Iron Company[2]
Ordered: 1913 Programme[3]
Launched: 24 Sep, 1914[4]
Completed: Feb, 1915[5]
Sold: May, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Myngs was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Around March 1915, she joined the Tenth Destroyer Flotilla, which was part of what would become known as the Harwich Force.

In April, 1917 she moved to the Sixth Destroyer Flotilla, which was part of the Dover Patrol. On 5 June 1917, she was part of a force that was wrongly credited with sinking the German torpedo boat S 20.[7]

She would remain with 6 D.F. until being sent to The Nore to be deactivated in March 1919.

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 64.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  3. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 64.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 308.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 76.
  7. Hamilton Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/157. f. 157.
  8. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396d.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396e.
  10. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 398t.
  11. Warner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/35. f. ?.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396e.
  13. Warner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/35. f. ?.
  14. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395v.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 850.

Bibliography


"M" Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design (Three Funnels)
Matchless Murray Myngs Milne Moorsom
Morris Mons Marne Mystic Maenad
Manners Mandate Magic Moresby Marmion
Martial Mary Rose Menace Mameluke Marvel
Mischief Mindful Nonsuch Negro Nessus
Noble Nizam Nomad Nonpareil Norman
Northesk North Star Nugent Obedient Obdurate
Onslaught Onslow Opal Ophelia Opportune
Oracle Orestes Orford Orpheus Octavia
Ossory Nestor Napier Narborough Narwhal
Nicator Norseman Oberon Observer Offa
Orcadia Oriana Oriole Osiris Paladin
Parthian Partridge Pasley Plucky Portia
Pheasant Phoebe Pigeon Plover Penn
Peregrine Pelican Pellew Petard Peyton
  Prince Pylades Medina Medway  
Thornycroft Specials (Three Funnels)
Mastiff Meteor Michael Milbrook Minion
Munster Nepean Nereus Patrician Patriot
  Rapid Ready  
Yarrow Specials (Two Funnels)
Miranda Minos Manly Moon Morning Star
Mounsey Musketeer Nerissa Relentless Rival
Hawthorn Leslie Specials (Four Funnels)
  Mansfield Mentor  
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