HMS Lee (1899)

HMS Sylvia was a Doxford three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates. She was the sixth ship to carry this name since it introduction in 1776 for a 6-gun sloop for service on the Great Lakes.

Construction
She was laid down on 4 January 1898 at the William Doxford and Sons shipyard at Pallion, Sunderland and launched on 27 January 1899. During her acceptance trials she took a very long time to attained the contract speed of 30 knots and was not accepted into the Royal Navy until March of 1901.

Pre-War
After commissioning she was deployed to the Channel Fleet and based at Shearness as part of the Medway Instructional Flotilla.

Loss
On 5 October 1909 she was wrecked off Blacksod Bay on the west coast of Ireland.

She was not awarded a Battle Honour for her service.

Pennant Numbers
During her career she was not assigned a pennant (pendant) number.