Medea-class destroyer


The Medea class were a class of destroyers that were being built for the Greek Navy at the outbreak of World War I but 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

NameShip BuilderLaid downLaunchedCompletedFate
John Brown & Company, Clydebank8 April 191430 January 1915May 1915Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921.
John Brown, Clydebank191427 March 19151915Rammed and sunk by off of Schleswig 25 March 1916.
Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan191416 December 191429 June 1915Sold for breaking up 22 September 1921.
Fairfields, Govan19141 February 191516 August 1915,Sold for breaking up 9 May 1921.