HMS Medusa (1915)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Medusa
Builder	John Brown & Co., Clydebank
Launched	27 March 1915
Completed	July 1915
Fate	Badly damaged and abandoned after collision 25 March 1916; Ran aground and wrecked 5 April 1916;
General characteristics
Class and type	Medea-class destroyer
Displacement	1,178 long tons (1,197 t) deep load
Length	273 ft 4 in (83.31 m) oa
Beam	26 ft 8 in (8.13 m)
Draught	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power	25,000 shp (19,000 kW)
Propulsion	3× Yarrow boilers; Brown-Curtis steam turbines; 3 shafts;
Speed	32 kn (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Complement	79
Armament	3 × 4-inch (102 mm) guns; 2 × 2-pounder (40 mm) guns; 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Medusa was a Medea-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was one of four destroyers, of similar design to the British M-class ordered by Greece in June 1914, which the British purchased during construction owing to the outbreak of the First World War.

Medusa (originally named Lesvos) was launched by the Scottish shipbuilder John Brown in March 1915 and was completed in July that year. She entered service with the Harwich Force, but was abandoned after being badly damaged in a collision on 26 March 1916.

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