HMS Syren (1900)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Syren
Namesake	Sirens
Builder	Palmers, Jarrow
Launched	20 December 1900
Fate	Sold, 1920 and scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Myrmidon-class destroyer
Displacement	350 long tons (356 t)
Length	210 ft (64 m)
Propulsion	2 × Triple expansion steam engines; 4 × Coal-fired Reed water tube boilers; 6,200 hp (4,623 kW);
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	63
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun; 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Syren was one of two Myrmidon-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched by Palmers in 1900, served in home waters and was sold off, after the First World War, in 1920.

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