Medea class destroyer

Class overview
Builders:	John Brown & Company Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Operators:	Royal Navy
Built:	1914–1915
In commission:	1915–1921
Completed:	4
Lost:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	1,040 long tons (1,060 t)
Length:	273 ft 6 in (83.36 m)
Beam:	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught:	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion:	Yarrow-type water-tube boilers Brown-Curtis steam turbines 3 shafts 25,000 shp
Speed:	32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Endurance:	270 tons oil
Complement:	80
Armament:	• 3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) Mark IV guns, single mounting P Mk. IX • 1 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II, single mounting HA Mk.I • 2 × twin 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes

The Medea class were a class of destroyers that were being built for the Greek Navy at the outbreak of World War I and that were taken over and completed for the Royal Navy for wartime service. All were named after characters from Greek mythology as result of their Greek heritage.

The Medeas were a private design roughly similar to their various Royal Navy M-class contemporaries. They had three funnels, the foremost of which was taller, and unusually, the mainmast was taller than the foremast, giving rise to a distinctive appearance. They shipped three single QF 4 inch guns, one on the forecastle, one between the first two funnels and the third on the quarterdeck.

Ships

Name	Ship Builder	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
John Brown & Company, Clydebank	8 April 1914	30 January 1915	May 1915	Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921.
Schleswig 25 March 1916.
Melampus (ex-Melampus)	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan	1914	16 December 1914	29 June 1915	Sld for breaking up 22 September 1921.
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