Medea-class destroyer

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'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 inch (533 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 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.

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