HMS Midge

HMS Midge was an Acasta class destroyer of the British Royal Navy. The Acasta class was larger and more powerful than the preceding Acorn class. They were the last Royal Navy destroyers named without a theme, although it was proposed to rename them all with names beginning with the letter K. Had this happened, Midge would have been renamed Keitloa. Launched in 1913, Midge joined the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla, which, at the beginning of the First World War, became part of the Grand Fleet. Midge subsequently participated in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, supporting the Second Cruiser Squadron. The destroyer spent the remainder of the war hunting for German submarines and protecting shipping from submarine attack, including, in 1917, escorting convoys of troopships carrying Portuguese troops in the Bay of Biscay. Following the 1918 Armistice that ended the war, Midge was transferred to reserve and was sold to be to be broken up in 1922.

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speed 32 knot, beam 8.15 metre, length 81.53 metre, mass 984 long ton, 
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HMS Midge, Acasta-class destroyer - IWM Q 75123

HMS Midge (1913) IWM SP 499

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commons	image		HMS Midge (1913) IWM SP 499		Commons