HMS Boyne (1904)

	HMS Boyne in dock
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Boyne
Ordered	1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates
Builder	R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Laid down	16 June 1903
Launched	12 September 1904
Commissioned	1 May 1905
Out of service	1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate	30 August 1919 sold to Hayes of Porthcawl for breaking
General characteristics
Class and type	Hawthorn Leslie Type River-class destroyer
Displacement	550 long tons (559 t) standard; 625 long tons (635 t) full load; 226 ft 6 in (69.04 m) o/a; 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) beam; 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) draught;
Installed power	7,000 shp (5,200 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow type water tube boiler; 2 × vertical triple expansion steam engines; 2 × shafts;
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	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I; 3 × QF 12-pounder 8 cwt, mounting G Mark I (added in 1906); 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt (removed in 1906); 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Part of:	East Coast Destroyer Flotilla - 1905; 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 Boyne was a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Boyne in Ireland, the site of a British military victory in 1689, she was the fifth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1692 for a two deck ship-of-the-line.

^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905/6. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, reprinted by ARCO Publishing Company. p. 75.
^ Jane, Fred T. (1990) [1919]. Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.

[1] Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905/6. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, reprinted by ARCO Publishing Company. p. 75.

[2] Jane, Fred T. (1990) [1919]. Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.

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History
HMS Boyne in dock
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Boyne
Ordered	1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates
Builder	R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Laid down	16 June 1903
Launched	12 September 1904
Commissioned	1 May 1905
Out of service	1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate	30 August 1919 sold to Hayes of Porthcawl for breaking
General characteristics
Class and type	Hawthorn Leslie Type River-class destroyer^[1]^[2]
Displacement	550 long tons (559 t) standard 625 long tons (635 t) full load 226 ft 6 in (69.04 m) o/a 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) beam 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) draught
Installed power	7,000 shp (5,200 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow type water tube boiler 2 × vertical triple expansion steam engines 2 × shafts
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	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I 3 × QF 12-pounder 8 cwt, mounting G Mark I (added in 1906) 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt (removed in 1906) 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
Service record
Part of:	East Coast Destroyer Flotilla - 1905 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