HMS
Pyramus was laid down at
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company,
Jarrow in May 1896, and launched on 15 May 1897. In April 1900 she commissioned for service as a special torpedo vessel at the
Mediterranean Station, replacing the
HMS Polyphemus, and taking her crew. She served in various colonial posts, including in the
Mediterranean Fleet in 1901–03. Commander
Alfred Ernest Albert Grant was appointed in command on 2 August 1901. In October
1902 she was reported to be visiting
Suda Bay at
Crete. The following year she paid off at the station headquarters at
Malta on 4 February 1903, and recommissioned the following day with a new captain. In 1914 she formed part of the escort for the
New Zealand Force which
occupied German Samoa (now
Samoa). In July 1915 she was present at the
Rufiji river delta action when the
monitors and destroyed the German cruiser . She was sold for scrap on 21 April 1920. ==Notes==