| HMS Waveney (1903) | |
|---|---|
 HMS Derwent, sister-ship to Waveney | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS Waveney |
| Ordered: | 1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates |
| Builder: | R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| Laid down: | 20 October 1902 |
| Launched: | 16 March 1903 |
| Commissioned: | 1 June 1904 |
| Out of service: | 1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking, 20 February 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Hawthorn Leslie-type River-class destroyer[1][2] |
| Displacement: |
550 t (541 long tons) standard 625 t (615 long tons) full load |
| Length: | 226 ft 6 in (69.04 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) |
| Draught: | 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) |
| Installed power: | 7,000 shp (5,200 kW) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 25.5 kn (47.2 km/h) |
| Range: |
140 tons coal 1,870 nmi (3,460 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h) |
| Complement: | 70 officers and men |
| Armament: |
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| Service record | |
|---|---|
| Part of: |
East Coast Destroyer Flotilla - 1904 3rd Destroyer Flotilla - Apr 1909 5th Destroyer Flotilla - 1912 Assigned E Class - Aug 1912 - Oct 1913 9th Destroyer Flotilla - 1914 7th Destroyer Flotilla - Aug 1915 |
| Operations: | World War I 1914 - 1918 |
HMS Waveney was a Hawthorn Leslie-type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1902 – 1903 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Waveney in eastern England, she was the first ship of the Royal Navy to carry this name.
Construction[]
She was laid down on 20 October 1902 at the Hawthorn Leslie shipyard at Hebburn-on-Tyne and launched on 16 March 1903. She was completed in June 1904. Her original armament was to be the same as the turtleback torpedo boat destroyers that preceded her. In 1906 the Admiralty decided to upgrade the armament by landing the five 6-pounder naval guns and shipping three 12-pounder 8 hundredweight (cwt) guns. Two were mounted abeam at the foc'x'le break and the third gun was mounted on the quarterdeck.
Pre-War[]
After commissioning she was assigned to the East Coast Destroyer Flotilla of the 1st Fleet and based at Harwich.
On 27 April 1908 the Eastern Flotilla departed Harwich for live fire and night manoeuvres. During these exercises Attentive rammed and sank Gala and damaged Ribble.
In April 1909 she was assigned to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on its formation at Harwich. She remained until displaced by a Beagle-class destroyer by May 1912. She was assigned to the 5th Destroyer Flotilla of the 2nd Fleet with a nucleus crew.
On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter 'A'. The ships of the River class were assigned to the E class. After 30 September 1913, she was known as an E-class destroyer and had the letter ‘E’ painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel.[3]
World War I[]
In early 1914 when replaced by G-class destroyers, she joined the 9th Destroyer Flotilla based at Chatham tendered to HMS St George. The 9th Flotilla was a patrol flotilla tasked with anti-submarine and counter-mining patrols in the Firth of Forth area.
On 16 December 1914 in company with the division leader Doon, Waveney, Test and Moy were sent to patrol off Hartlepool. During the German battlecruiser raid on Hartlepool, she was undamaged and suffered no casualties.[4][5]
In August 1915 with the amalgamation of the 9th and 7th Flotillas she was deployed to the 7th Destroyer Flotilla based at the River Humber. She remained employed on the Humber Patrol participating in counter mining operations and anti-submarine patrols for the remainder of the war.[6]
Disposition[]
In 1919 she was paid off and laid up in reserve awaiting disposal. On 20 February 1920 she was sold to Thomas W. Ward of Sheffield for breaking at Grays, Essex on the Thames Estuary.[7]
Pennant numbers[]
| Pennant number[7] | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| N19 | 6 Dec 1914 | 1 Sep 1915 |
| D35 | 1 Sep 1915 | 1 Jan 1918 |
| D96 | 1 Jan 1918 | 13 Sep 1918 |
| H86 | 13 Sep 1918 | 20 Feb 1919 |
References[]
- ↑ Jane, Fred T. (1905, Reprinted 1969). Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905/6. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 75.
- ↑ Jane, Fred T. (reprinted © 1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.
- ↑ Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1906 to 1922. Conway Maritime Press. 1985, Reprinted 1986 1997, 2002, 2006. p. Page 17 to 19. ISBN 0 85177 245 5.
- ↑ "Raid on Hartelpool from Naval History.net". http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishBVLSaRN1408.htm. Retrieved 1 Jun 2013.
- ↑ "Naval Review Volume VII, No 2, May 1919, Pages 247 to 254". http://www.naval-review.org/issues/1919-2.pdf. Retrieved 1 Jun 2013.
- ↑ "History of the Great War, Naval Operations, Volume III, Spring 1915 to June 1916 (Part 1 of 2), by Sir Julian S Corbett, Chapter XIII, Loss of Argyl and Natal". http://www.naval-history.net/WW1Book-RN3a.htm#13. Retrieved 1 Jun 2013.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 ""Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class". http://www.gwpda.org/naval/s0420000.htm. Retrieved 1 Jun 2013.
- The British Destroyer by Captain T.D. Manning. Published by Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.
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