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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Melampus'' (1914)|fatedate=22 Sep, 1921{{DittColl|p. 68}} |order= |name=Melampus |launch=16 Dec, 1914{{Conways1906|p. 78}} |comp=29 Jun, 1915{{FriedmanBritishDestroyers|p. 309}} |builder=[[John Brown & Company]]{{Conways1906|p. 78}} |pend=H.44 (Sep 1915)<br>H.75 (Jan 1917){{DittColl|p. 68}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Melampus''''' was one of four [[Medea Class Destroyer (1914)|''Medea'' class destroyers]] laid down for the [[Greek Navy]] but completed for the [[Royal Navy]]. ==Service== ''Melampus'' accidentally rammed and sank the {{UK-C16|f=t}} on 16 April, 1917 &ndash; the second time that submarine suffered that misfortune. The Admiralty credited her with sinking the {{DE-UC16|f=t}} on 23 October, 1917 while under the command of [[Charles Everard Hughes White]].<ref>White Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/276.|D7604373}} f. ?.</ref> Reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.{{NLJan21|p. 810}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Melampus''"> {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=George Osborne Hewett|nick=George O. Hewett|appt=27 May, 1915<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/49/16.|D7604115}} f. 8.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 396''b''}}|end=6 February, 1917<ref>Hewett Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/49/16.|D7604115}} f. 8.</ref>|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|nick=Lawrence D'O. Bignell|appt=15 February, 1917<ref>Bignell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>{{NLNov17|p. 395''p''}}|end=16 August, 1917<ref>Bignell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/117.|D7604021}} f. 521.</ref>|note=invalided due to illegible condition}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Everard Hughes White|nick=Charles E. H. White|appt=14 August, 1917<ref>White Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/276.|D7604373}} f. ?.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 844}}|end=12 March, 1919<ref>White Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/276.|D7604373}} f. ?.</ref>|note=temporary}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=James Figgins|nick=James Figgins|appt=12 March, 1919<ref>Figgins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/9.|D8127909}} f. ?.</ref>|end=May, 1919<ref>Figgins Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/154/9.|D8127909}} f. ?.</ref>}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Melampus_(1914)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer Medea Class Destroyer (1914)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Melampus}} {{CatShipDestroyer|UK}}

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