HMS Medina (1916)
Sistership HMS Oracle | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Medina |
| Namesake | River Medina |
| Ordered | May 1915 |
| Builder | J. Samuel White, East Cowes |
| Yard number | 1467 |
| Laid down | 23 September 1915 |
| Launched | 8 March 1916 |
| Completed | 30 June 1916 |
| Out of service | 9 May 1921 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Admiralty M-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 937 long tons (952 t) (normal) |
| Length | 265 ft (80.8 m) (o.a.) |
| Beam | 26 ft 8 in (8.1 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 11 in (2.7 m) |
| Installed power | 3 White-Forster boilers, 25,000 shp (19,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | 3 Parsons steam turbines, 3 shafts |
| Speed | 34 knots (39.1 mph; 63.0 km/h) |
| Range | 2,280 nmi (4,220 km) at 17 kn (31 km/h) |
| Complement | 80 |
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HMS Medina was a Admiralty M-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class were an improvement on the previous L class, capable of higher speed. Originally laid down as HMS Redmill by J. Samuel White at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, the vessel was renamed before being launched in 1916. The ship was allocated to the Grand Fleet and spent much of its service in anti-submarine warfare, either escorting convoys or involved in submarine hunting patrols. Although the destroyer attacked a number of German submarines, none were sunk. After the War, Medina was reassigned to a defence flotilla in Portsmouth and was eventually sold to be broken up in 1921.