HMS Medina was an Admiralty M-class destroyer constructed during World War I, launched in 1916. Originally named HMS Redmill, the vessel was built by J. Samuel White at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, with the name changing before her launch to honor the achievements of Captain Robert Redmill. The ship measured 265 feet (80.8 meters) between perpendiculars and 273 feet 4 inches (83 meters) overall, with a beam of 26 feet 8 inches (8.1 meters) and a deep load draught of 8 feet 11 inches (2.7 meters). Displacing 937 long tons (952 metric tons), Medina's design included three White-Forster boilers feeding Parsons steam turbines rated at 25,000 shaft horsepower, enabling her to reach a trial speed of approximately 33.5 knots (62 km/h). The vessel was armed with three single 4-inch (102 mm) Mk IV guns, two twin 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, and a single 2-pounder (40 mm) "pom-pom" anti-aircraft gun. She also carried a paravane for anti-submarine operations and minesweeping, with a crew complement of around 80 officers and ratings. Commissioned into the Grand Fleet with the Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla at Scapa Flow, Medina's primary role was anti-submarine warfare, escorting convoys and conducting patrols along the Irish and English coasts. Despite multiple attacks on German U-boats—U-53, U-61, and U-70—she did not succeed in sinking any submarines. Notably, her attack on U-70 coincided with the sinking of the merchant ship SS Appledore. Later in her service, she was stationed with the Northern Division at Buncrana, where she continued convoy escort and patrol duties, including the unfortunate loss of the tanker SS Argalia under her protection. Following the Armistice of November 1918, HMS Medina was reassigned to Portsmouth for local defense duties. As postwar naval reductions took effect, she was sold in 1921 to Thos. W. Ward of Milford Haven and broken up. Her service exemplifies the wartime evolution of destroyer design and the crucial role of fast, agile vessels in anti-submarine defense during the First World War.

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