HMS Myrmidon (1900)
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| Name: | HMS Myrmidon |
| Namesake: | Myrmidons |
| Builder: | Palmers, Jarrow |
| Launched: | 26 May 1900 |
| Fate: | Lost after collision, 26 March 1917 |
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| Class and type: | Myrmidon-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 350 long tons (356 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 63 |
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HMS Myrmidon was one of two Myrmidon-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy.
Myrmidon was launched by Palmers on 26 May 1900, and commissioned in August 1901 to serve on the Mediterranean Station. Commander Cecil Lambert was appointed in command in January 1902. During her later service she was used in both the Mediterranean and home waters.
Myrmidon sank after a collision with the merchant ship Hamborn on 26 March 1917 off Dungeness. Her crew were rescued by HMS Mermaid and SS Tambour, with the loss of one life.
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