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HMS Syren (1900)
HMS Syren was one of two Myrmidon-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by Palmers in 1900 and served in home waters. Syren ran aground during manoeuvres off Ireland in 1905 and was badly damaged, requiring her bow to be reconstructed. During the First World War she served as part of the Dover Patrol and helped rescue the crew of the civilian steamship Harpalion which had been torpedoed. Syren was sold for scrap in 1920.
In April 1899, the British Admiralty placed an order with the Jarrow shipbuilder Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited for three torpedo boat destroyers, Peterel, Myrmidon and Syren, for the Royal Navy under a supplement to the 1898–1899 shipbuilding programme. with a contract price being £47149 per ship. Syren was laid down (as Yard number 752) on 24 November 1899, and was launched on 20 December 1900, completing in February 1902.
Syren closely resembled Spiteful, built by Palmers under the previous year's shipbuilding programme, and like Spiteful had four funnels. She was 219 feet 6 inches (66.90 m) long overall, with a beam of 20 feet 9 inches (6.32 m) and a draught of 8 feet 11 inches (2.72 m). Displacement was 370 long tons (380 t) light and 420 long tons (430 t) full load. Four Reed boilers fed steam at 250 pounds per square inch (1,700 kPa) to triple expansion steam engines rated at 6,200 indicated horsepower (4,600 kW) and driving two propeller shafts, giving a speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). 91 tons of coal were carried.
Armament was a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in-calibre or 76 mm) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), backed up by five 6-pounder guns, and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.
HMS Syren was commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 April 1902 by Lieutenant and Commander the Hon. Herbert Meade and the crew of the destroyer Teazer, taking the place of Teazer in the instructional flotilla. Less than a month later, she had one of her funnels damaged in a collision with the service yacht Hawk off Portsmouth. She was quickly repaired at Devonport, re-joined the flotilla in mid-June, and took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.
In September 1902 she ran a series of trials to test Reed′s automatic lubricator, with the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir Charles Frederick Hotham on board. Lieutenant Henry Brocklebank was appointed in command on 5 November 1902.
Whilst under the command of Sidney Olivier, Syren ran aground at Berehaven, Ireland during naval manoeuvres on 1 May 1905. She was badly damaged, with the forward part of the ship wrecked, but the aft part of the ship was salvaged and a new bow constructed.
Syren was part of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla in 1910. On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyers were to be grouped into classes designated by letters based on contract speed and appearance. As a four-funneled 30-knotter destroyer, Syren was assigned to the B Class. In 1912, older destroyers were organised into Patrol Flotillas, with Syren being part of the 6th Flotilla, based at Portsmouth, in March 1913. She remained part of the 6th Flotilla in July 1914, on the eve of the outbreak of the First World War.
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HMS Syren (1900)
HMS Syren was one of two Myrmidon-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by Palmers in 1900 and served in home waters. Syren ran aground during manoeuvres off Ireland in 1905 and was badly damaged, requiring her bow to be reconstructed. During the First World War she served as part of the Dover Patrol and helped rescue the crew of the civilian steamship Harpalion which had been torpedoed. Syren was sold for scrap in 1920.
In April 1899, the British Admiralty placed an order with the Jarrow shipbuilder Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Limited for three torpedo boat destroyers, Peterel, Myrmidon and Syren, for the Royal Navy under a supplement to the 1898–1899 shipbuilding programme. with a contract price being £47149 per ship. Syren was laid down (as Yard number 752) on 24 November 1899, and was launched on 20 December 1900, completing in February 1902.
Syren closely resembled Spiteful, built by Palmers under the previous year's shipbuilding programme, and like Spiteful had four funnels. She was 219 feet 6 inches (66.90 m) long overall, with a beam of 20 feet 9 inches (6.32 m) and a draught of 8 feet 11 inches (2.72 m). Displacement was 370 long tons (380 t) light and 420 long tons (430 t) full load. Four Reed boilers fed steam at 250 pounds per square inch (1,700 kPa) to triple expansion steam engines rated at 6,200 indicated horsepower (4,600 kW) and driving two propeller shafts, giving a speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). 91 tons of coal were carried.
Armament was a single QF 12 pounder 12 cwt (3 in-calibre or 76 mm) gun on a platform on the ship's conning tower (in practice the platform was also used as the ship's bridge), backed up by five 6-pounder guns, and two 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes.
HMS Syren was commissioned at Portsmouth on 10 April 1902 by Lieutenant and Commander the Hon. Herbert Meade and the crew of the destroyer Teazer, taking the place of Teazer in the instructional flotilla. Less than a month later, she had one of her funnels damaged in a collision with the service yacht Hawk off Portsmouth. She was quickly repaired at Devonport, re-joined the flotilla in mid-June, and took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII.
In September 1902 she ran a series of trials to test Reed′s automatic lubricator, with the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir Charles Frederick Hotham on board. Lieutenant Henry Brocklebank was appointed in command on 5 November 1902.
Whilst under the command of Sidney Olivier, Syren ran aground at Berehaven, Ireland during naval manoeuvres on 1 May 1905. She was badly damaged, with the forward part of the ship wrecked, but the aft part of the ship was salvaged and a new bow constructed.
Syren was part of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla in 1910. On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyers were to be grouped into classes designated by letters based on contract speed and appearance. As a four-funneled 30-knotter destroyer, Syren was assigned to the B Class. In 1912, older destroyers were organised into Patrol Flotillas, with Syren being part of the 6th Flotilla, based at Portsmouth, in March 1913. She remained part of the 6th Flotilla in July 1914, on the eve of the outbreak of the First World War.