H.M.S. Marmion (1915)

H.M.S. Marmion (1915)
Pendant Number:	H.C2 (1914) G.04 (Jan 1917)^[1]
Builder:	Swan Hunter^[2]
Ordered:	Sep 1914^[3]
Launched:	28 May, 1915^[4]
Collision:	21 Oct, 1917^[5]
Fate:	w/ Tirade^[6]

H.M.S. Marmion was one of 103 destroyers of the "M" class.

Service

Marmion served as part of the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla from its inception in September, 1915. She and Musketeer missed participating in the Battle of Jutland, however.^[7]^[8]

Marmion was accidentally rammed by Tirade on 21 October, 1917 when the two were escorting a convoy across the North Sea. Tirade suffered little damage, but Marmion foundered after attempts to take her under tow faltered.^[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower, August, 1915^[10]
Lieutenant in Command Herbert I. N. Lyon, 25 May, 1917^[11] – 21 October, 1917^[12]

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. pp. 65-68.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 65.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 79.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 80.
↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 44-5.
↑ Naval Operations. Volume III. p. 432.
↑ Williams, M. W. HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55 in Warship 1997-1998, p. 159.
↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 396aa.
↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 395o.
↑ Williams, M. W. HMS Tirade and the Sinking of UC-55 in Warship 1997-1998, p. 159.