Melampus 1915
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Χίος [Chios] | Fairfield, Govan, UK | 1914 | 16.12.1914 | 6.1915 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Melampus) | ||
| Κρήτη [Kriti] | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 4.1914 | 30.1.1915 | 6.1915 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Medea) | ||
| Σάμος [Samos] | Fairfield, Govan, UK | 1914 | 1.2.1915 | 8.1915 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Melpomene) | ||
| Λέσβος [Lesvos] | John Brown, Clydebank, UK | 4.1914 | 27.3.1915 | 7.1915 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Medusa) |
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Displacement normal, t |
1007 - 1040 |
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Displacement full, t |
1200 |
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Length, m |
83.3 |
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Breadth, m |
8.15 |
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Draught, m |
2.59 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 Brown-Curtis steam turbines, 3 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
25000 |
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Max speed, kts |
32 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 278 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 102/41 QF Mk VII, 2 x 2 - 533 TT |
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Complement |
80 |
Project history: Four 1000t destroyers ordered in June 1914 from John Brown - Kriti and Lesvos and at Fairfield - Samos and Chios. Requisitioned after the outbreak of the war and purchased in August 1914 by Royal Navy being renamed Medea, Medusa, Melpomene and Melampus respectively.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014