page_title: HMS Lennox (1914)
section_title: Construction and service
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Lennox (1914) / Construction and service
caption_attribution_description: English: Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone in Rose Hill Cemetery, Cowley, Oxfordshire to H Herbert, Officer's Steward, 1st Class, of HMS "Lennox", who died 4 November 1918
context_page_description: HMS Lennox was a Laforey-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s.
context_section_description: Lennox was laid down at William Beardmore and Company's Clydebank shipyard as Portia on 14 November 1912.  On 30 September 1913, the Admiralty ordered that the L-class be renamed with names beginning with the letter "L", and Portia was renamed Lennox. She was launched on 17 March 1914 on completed in July that year. 
  On commissioning, Lennox joined the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla,  based at The Nore. On the outbreak of the First World War this Flotilla became part of the Harwich Force, under the overall command of Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt, serving in the North Sea, but capable of reinforcing either the Grand Fleet or forces in the English Channel as required. Lennox saw action in several engagements, including the Battle off Texel. On 6 May 1916, Lennox accidentally collided with HMS Ben-my-Chree, a seaplane carrier. Damage was insignificant for both ships, however.
caption: Headstone in Cowley, Oxfordshire of H Herbert, Officer's Steward First Class, who served on Lennox and died a week before the Armistice of 11 November 1918
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