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{{short description|Early 20th-century Royal Navy destroyer}}
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Laforey|destroyer (1913)|0}} [[destroyer]]
|Ship displacement= * {{convert|976|LT|t}} ([[Normal displacement|normal]])
* {{convert|1150|LT|t}} ([[deep load]])
|Ship length= {{convert|268|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on|0|lk=on}} [[Length overall|o/a]]
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|Ship propulsion= * 4 [[Yarrow boiler]]s
* 2 [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] [[steam turbine]]s
* {{convert|24500|shp|kW|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed= {{convert|29|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|1}}
|Ship range= {{convert|1720|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|15|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
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|Ship armament= * 3 × single [[QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII|QF {{convert|4|in|mm|adj=on|0}} Mark IV guns]]
* 1 × single [[Maxim gun|{{convert|7.7|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} Maxim]] gun
* 2 × twin [[British 21 inch torpedo|{{convert|21|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}]] [[torpedo tube]]s
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'''HMS ''Lysander''''' was a {{sclass|Laforey|destroyer (1913)|0}} [[destroyer]] that served with the [[Royal Navy during the First World War]]. Launched in August 1913 as '''HMS ''Ulysses''''', the ship was renamed the following month under an [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] order to become one of the first in what would be the norm, a class of destroyers named after successive letters of the alphabet. On commissioning, the vessel joined the [[3rd Destroyer Flotilla|Third Destroyer Flotilla]] and operated as part of the [[Harwich Force]]. The destroyer took part in the [[Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)|Battle of Heligoland Bight]] in 1914, attacking the German [[light cruiser]] {{SMS|Mainz||2}} and escorted the [[Seaplane tender|seaplane carriers]] {{HMS|Engadine|1911|2}} and {{HMS|Riviera||2}} in an abortive attempt to attack the [[Cuxhaven]] [[airship]] base. During 1915, ''Lysander'' undertook [[anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] patrols and escorting duties, coming under fire from German shore-based batteries while accompanying the [[minelayer|mine-laying]] [[paddle-steamer]]s {{ship|SS|Prince of Wales|1887|2}} and {{ship|SS|Queen Victoria|1887|2}} off the coast of [[Ostend]]. In 1916, the destroyer was involved in action with German [[battlecruiser]]s following the [[bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft]]  but escaped unharmed, and rescued the survivors from the Canadian [[hospital ship]] {{HMHS|Llandovery Castle||2}} in 1918. With the cessation of hostilities, the ship was placed in [[Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)|reserve]] and sold to be [[Ship breaking|broken up]] in June 1922.

==Design and development==
{{Main|Laforey-class destroyer (1913)|l1=L-class destroyer}}
''Lysander'' was one of twenty-two L- or {{sclass|Laforey|destroyer (1913)|0}} [[destroyer]]s built for the [[Royal Navy]], and one of two ordered from [[Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson|Swan Hunter]] on 29 March 1912.{{sfn|Parkes|Prendergast|1969|page=111}}{{sfn|Friedman|2009|page=131}} The design followed the preceding {{sclass|Acasta|destroyer|0}} but with improved seakeeping properties and armament, including twice the number of torpedo tubes.{{sfn|Friedman|2009|page=129}}

The destroyer had a [[length overall]] of {{convert|268|ft|8|in|m|0}}, a [[beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|27|ft|8|in|m|0}} and a [[draft (ship)|draught]] of {{convert|10|ft|6|in|m|0}}. [[Displacement (ship)|Displacement]] was {{convert|976|LT|t|lk=on}} [[Normal displacement|normal]] and {{convert|1150|LT|t}} [[deep load]]. Power was provided by four [[Yarrow boiler]]s feeding two [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] [[steam turbine]]s which had a combined rating of {{convert|24500|shp|kW|lk=in}} and drove two [[Drive shaft|shafts]].{{sfn|Preston|1985|page=76}} Design speed was {{convert|29|kn}}, although the vessel achieved {{convert|29.9|kn}} on [[Sea trial|trial]]. Three [[Funnel (ship)|funnels]] were fitted.{{sfn|Parkes|Prendergast|1969|page=111}} {{convert|268|LT}} of oil were carried, giving a design range of {{convert|1720|nmi}} at {{convert|15|kn}}.{{sfn|Friedman|2009|page=296}} The ship's [[Ship's company|complement]] was 73 officers and [[Naval rating|ratings]].{{sfn|Preston|1985|page=76}}

Armament consisted of three single [[QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII|QF {{convert|4|in|mm|adj=on}} Mk IV]] guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the [[forecastle]], one [[aft]] and one between the funnels.{{sfn|Parkes|Prendergast|1969|page=111}} The guns could fire a shell weighing {{convert|31|lb|kg}} at a [[muzzle velocity]] of {{convert|2177|ft/s|m/s}}.{{sfn|Campbell|1985|page=59}} One single [[Maxim gun|{{convert|7.7|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} Maxim]] gun was carried.{{sfn|Friedman|2009|page=296}} A single [[QF 2-pounder naval gun|2-pounder {{convert|40|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} "pom-pom"]] [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] gun was later added.{{sfn|Parkes|Prendergast|1969|page=111}} Torpedo armament consisted of two twin mounts for [[British 21 inch torpedo|{{convert|21|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}]] [[torpedo]]es mounted aft. Capacity to lay four Vickers Elia Mk.4 [[Naval mine|mines]] was included, but the facility was never used.{{sfn|March|1966|page=149}}

==Construction and career==
Built under the 1912–1913 Programme and originally named ''Ulysses'', the ship was [[keel laying|laid down]] by Swan Hunter at [[Wallsend]] on the [[River Tyne]] on 8 August 1912. The ship was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 18 August 1913 and completed on 9 December 1913, but in the interim had been renamed ''Lysander'' by Admiralty order on 30 September 1913.{{sfn|Friedman|2009|page=307}}{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2010|p=224}} This was the first time that the Navy had used the name [[Lysander]] in the century, recalling the [[Sparta]]n military leader.{{sfn|Manning|Walker|1959|page=280}} Originally part of a class named after characters in [[Shakespeare]]'s plays and the Waverley novels by [[Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott]], the destroyer joined what was to be the first in a new way of naming classes of warships, with each class of destroyers named after a successive letter of the alphabet.{{sfn|Preston|1985|page=76}}

[[File:L-class destroyers under fire from the 'Mainz' at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914 RMG PW1232.jpg|thumb|300 px|''Lysander'' and the other destroyers of the Fourth Division under fire from ''Maintz'' during the Battle of Heligoland Bight]]
On commissioning, the newly renamed ''Lysander'' joined the [[3rd Destroyer Flotilla|Third Destroyer Flotilla]] as part of the [[Harwich Force]].<ref>{{citation |title=Flotillas of the First Fleet|work=The Navy List|date=April 1914|page=269a|url=https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/91838329|via=National Library of Scotland|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref> After the [[British entry into World War I|British entry into the First World War]] on 4 August 1914,  the flotilla was tasked with harassing the [[Imperial German Navy]] and on 26 August was ordered to attack German [[torpedo boat]]s on their patrol as part of a large Royal Navy fleet in what was to be the [[Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)|Battle of Heligoland Bight]].{{sfn| Naval Staff Monograph No. 11|1921|page=111}} The following day, ''Lysander'' was part of the Fourth Division, which included fellow L-class destroyers {{HMS|Laertes|1913|2}}, {{HMS|Laurel|1913|2}} and {{HMS|Liberty|1913|2}}, when the German torpedo boat {{SMS|G194||2}} was sighted.{{sfn| Naval Staff Monograph No. 11|1921|page=119}} The destroyers set off at speed in pursuit, engaging with ''G194'' and {{SMS|G196||2}}, and soon encountering the German 5th Flotilla.{{sfn|Naval Staff Monograph No. 11|1921|page=123}}  ''Lysander'' was third in the line when their pursuit brought them to the [[light cruiser]] {{SMS|Mainz||2}}, which swiftly brought in a barrage of fire against the British vessels. The cruiser hit all three of the other destroyers, but ''Lysander'' avoided both substantial damage by shells and colliding with ''Liberty'' by responding quickly to the helm.{{sfn|Naval Staff Monograph No. 11|1921|page=134}} Despite being outgunned, the destroyer returned fire, expending 93 rounds of ammunition.{{sfn| Naval Staff Monograph No. 11|1921|page=165}} The arrival of the light cruisers of the [[First Light Cruiser Squadron]] turned the tide and the British forces overwhelmed the German ship.{{sfn|Naval Staff Monograph No. 11|1921|page=135}}

On 24 and 25 October 1914, the Harwich Force, including ''Lysander'', covered the [[Seaplane tender|seaplane carriers]] {{HMS|Engadine|1911|2}} and {{HMS|Riviera||2}}, as the carriers' aircraft attempted to attack a German [[airship]] base at [[Cuxhaven]]. However, the attack was aborted due to the poor weather, with few of the seaplanes getting airborne and those which did failing to reach the objective.{{sfn|Naval Staff Monograph No. 24|1924|pp=139–140, 190 (Note A 310)}} On 2–3 November 1914, ''Lysander'' was part of a patrol of four destroyers led by the light cruiser {{HMS|Undaunted|1914|2}} from Harwich to off [[Terschelling]] which narrowly missed encountering a German force of [[battlecruiser]]s and [[cruiser]]s on the way to [[Raid on Yarmouth|bombard and lay mines off]] the town of [[Great Yarmouth]].{{sfn|Naval Staff Monograph No. 28|1925|pp=6–7}}

On 23 January 1915, the destroyer formed part of the First Division of the Third Flotilla during the [[Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)|Battle of Dogger Bank]].{{sfn|Corbett|1921|page=86}} The flotilla was incapable of keeping sufficient speed to engage in the battle, which was left to newer and faster {{sclass2|M|destroyer (1913)|0}} destroyers.{{sfn|Corbett|1921|page=92}} On 30 January 1915, ''Lysander'', together with sister ships {{HMS|Laforey|1913|2}}, {{HMS|Landrail|1914|2}} and {{HMS|Liberty|1913|2}}, were detached from the Harwich Force to hunt submarines (in particular {{SMU|U-21|Germany|2}}) in the [[North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)|Irish Channel]]. On 5 February, ''Lysander'' and ''Liberty'' escorted the liners {{ship|SS|Transylvania|1914|2}} and {{ship|SS|Ausonia|1909|2}} from [[Cobh|Queenstown]], Ireland, to [[Liverpool]], with ''Lysander'' receiving damage from high seas which required repair at [[Chatham Dockyard|Chatham]].{{sfn| Naval Staff Monograph No. 29|1925|pp=10–16}} On 8 April 1915, ''Lysander'' and {{HMS|Laertes|1913|2}} escorted the [[paddle-steamer]]s [[SS Prince of Wales (1887)|''Prince Edward'']] and {{ship|SS |Queen Victoria|1887|2}} as they laid anti-submarine nets off [[Ostend]], with the destroyers coming under fire from German {{convert|15|cm|in|2}} shore batteries, although they were unharmed. While the net-layers then returned to base, the two destroyers patrolled the nets, and were unsuccessfully bombed by German aircraft the next day before returning to port.{{sfn| Naval Staff Monograph No. 29|1925|p=219}}  In June 1915, most of the Harwich Force, including ''Lysander'' was employed in anti-submarine operations at the west end of the English Channel, covering the arrival of troops from Canada and the despatch of troops to the [[Dardanelles campaign]].<ref>{{Harvnb|Naval Staff Monograph No. 29|1925|pp=263–264}}</ref>

From 28 July to 31 July 1915, cruisers and destroyers from the [[Grand Fleet]] and [[Harwich Force]] carried out Operation C, a large scale sweep into the [[Skagerrak]] with the intent of disrupting sea trade between Sweden and Germany. ''Lysander'' detained one Danish merchant ship, the ''Cito'' which was thought to be acting suspiciously, and escorted the steamer to the Humber for further examination.{{sfn|Naval Staff Monograph No. 30|1926|pp=46–49}} ''Lysander'' formed part of the covering force for minelaying operations on 16–18 August and 11 September.{{sfn|Naval Staff Monograph No. 30|1926|pp=146, 165–166}} The Third Flotilla, including ''Lysander'', was renumbered the [[9th Destroyer Flotilla|Ninth Destroyer Flotilla]] on 4 September that year, although it remained as part of the Harwich Force.{{sfn|Naval Staff Monograph No. 30|1926|p=165, fn 6}}{{sfn|Manning|1979|p=26}}<ref>{{citation|title=Supplement to the Navy List Showing Organisation of the Fleet, Flag Officers' Commands &c.: II - Harwich Force|journal=The Navy List|date=October 1915|page=13|url= https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/pageturner.cfm?id=92009106 }}</ref>

On 24 April 1916, a force of German battlecruisers and cruisers set out from Kiel to [[Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft|bombard the coastal towns]] of [[Lowestoft]] and [[Great Yarmouth|Yarmouth]]. Later that day, the German battlecruiser {{SMS|Seydlitz||2}} struck a mine, and the resultant radio traffic warned the British of the German operation.{{sfn|Massie|2007|p=558}}{{sfn|Naval Staff Monograph No. 32|1927|p=11}} The Harwich Force, including ''Lysander'' left port at midnight on the night of 24/25 April.{{sfn|Naval Staff Monograph No. 32|1927|p=16}} The German battlecruisers aborted their bombardment of Yarmouth to engage the Harwich force, hitting the cruiser {{HMS|Conquest|1915|2}} and the destroyer {{HMS|Laertes|1913|2}} but retired to the East rather than attempt to destroy the smaller British force. ''Lysander'' was undamaged.{{sfn|Corbett|1923|pp=306–308}}{{sfn|Naval Staff Monograph No. 32|1927|pp=21–23}}

By April 1917, the destroyer had moved to the [[7th Destroyer Flotilla|Seventh Destroyer Flotilla]] operating on the East coat of Britain.<ref>{{citation|title=Vessels under Rear-Admiral Commanding East Coast of England|work=Supplement to the Monthly Navy List|date=April 1917|page=16|url=https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/92148054|via=National Library of Scotland|access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref>{{sfn|Manning|1979|p=26}} The vessel was then transferred to [[Devonport, Plymouth|Devonport]] with the [[4th Destroyer Flotilla|Fourth Destroyer Flotilla]] by August 1917,<ref>{{citation|title=IV.—Miscellaneous Ships in Home Waters or on Detached Service: Destroyers (under orders of Commander-in-Chief, Devonport)|work=Supplement to the Monthly Navy List|date=August 1917|page=14|url=https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/94241834|via=National Library of Scotland|access-date=3 November 2020}}</ref> with the Flotilla being employed in convoy escort duties.{{sfn|Newbolt|1931|p=53}} On 29 June 1918, ''Lysander'' found the 24 remaining survivors from the Canadian [[hospital ship]] {{HMHS|Llandovery Castle||2}} which had been sunk by {{SMU|U-27|Germany|2}} the previous day; they became critical to a case at the [[Leipzig War Crimes Trials]].{{sfn|Taulbee|2018|page=24}}{{sfn|Hurd|1929|pp=332–333}} After the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918]] that ended the war, the Royal Navy returned to a peacetime level of strength and both the number of ships and personnel in service needed to be reduced to save money.{{sfn|Moretz|2002|page=79}} ''Lysander'' was initially placed in [[Reserve Fleet (United Kingdom)|reserve]] at [[Plymouth]] alongside over 49 other destroyers.<ref>{{citation|title=Vessels in Reserve at Home Ports and Other Bases|work=The Navy List|date=October 1919|page=707|url=https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/92552954|via=National Library of Scotland|access-date=10 October 2020}}</ref> On 9 June 1922, the vessel was sold to [[John Cashmore Ltd|Cashmore]] of [[Newport, Wales]], and was subsequently [[Ship breaking|broken up]].{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2010|page=240}}

==Pennant numbers==
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|H93||December 1914{{sfn|Dittmar|Colledge|1972|page=63}}
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|H68||January 1918{{sfn|Bush|Warlow|2021|page=75}}
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|H81||January 1919 {{sfn|Bush|Warlow|2021|page=76}}
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