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| − | '''H.M.S. ''Medusa''''' was one of four [[Medea Class Destroyer (1914)|''Medea'' class destroyers]] laid down for the [[Greek Navy]] but completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. | + | '''H.M.S. ''Medusa''''' was one of four [[Medea Class Destroyer (1914)|''Medea'' class destroyers]] laid down for the [[Greek Navy]] but completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. She was lost to a collision in March of 1916. |
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| H.M.S. Medusa (1915) | |
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| Pendant Number: | H.90 (Sep 1915)[1] |
| Builder: | Fairfield[2] |
| Launched: | 27 Mar, 1915[3] |
| Completed: | Jul, 1915[4] |
| Collision: | 25 Mar, 1916[5] |
| Fate: | w/ Laverock |
H.M.S. Medusa was one of four Medea class destroyers laid down for the Greek Navy but completed for the Royal Navy. She was lost to a collision in March of 1916.
In 1925, the monitor H.M.S. M.29 was renamed Medusa.
Service
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant-Commander (I, Gr.) Cecil R. Hemans, 15 June, 1915[6][7] – 25 March, 1916[8] (vessel lost under his command)
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 68.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 78.
- ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 309.
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 68.
- ↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 396.
- ↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
Bibliography
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