HMS Melampus (1914)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Melampus
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Laid down	1914
Launched	16 December 1914
Completed	29 June 1915
Fate	Sold for breaking up, 22 September 1921
General characteristics
Class and type	Medea-class 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 (19 MW)
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Endurance	270 tons oil
Complement	80
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (100 mm) Mark IV guns, single mounting P Mk. IX 1 × QF 2 pdr Mk.II, single mounting HA Mk.I 2 × twin 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes

Chios was a Medea-class destroyer laid down for the Greek Navy by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan in 1914. She was launched as 16 December 1914 and completed for service in the Royal Navy as HMS Melampus on 29 June 1915.^[1] On 16 April 1917 she accidentally rammed and sank the C-class submarine C16. She was sold for breaking up on 22 September 1921.