HMS Derwent (1903)

	HMS Derwent
History
United Kingdom
Name	Derwent
Ordered	1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates
Builder	R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Laid down	12 June 1902
Launched	14 February 1903
Commissioned	June 1904
Fate	Mined, 2 May 1917
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;
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	4 × Yarrow type water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines driving 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 (450 mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Part of:	East Coast Destroyer Flotilla – 1905; 3rd Destroyer Flotilla – Apr 1909; 5th Destroyer Flotilla – 1912; 9th Destroyer Flotilla – 1914; 1st Destroyer Flotilla – Nov 1916;
Operations:	World War I 1914–1918

HMS Derwent was a Hawthorn Leslie-type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Derwent in central England, she was the second ship to carry this name.

^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. 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. (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 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 Derwent
United Kingdom
Name	Derwent
Ordered	1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates
Builder	R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Laid down	12 June 1902
Launched	14 February 1903
Commissioned	June 1904
Fate	Mined, 2 May 1917
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
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	4 × Yarrow type water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines driving 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 (450 mm) torpedoes
Service record
Part of:	East Coast Destroyer Flotilla – 1905 3rd Destroyer Flotilla – Apr 1909 5th Destroyer Flotilla – 1912 9th Destroyer Flotilla – 1914 1st Destroyer Flotilla – Nov 1916
Operations:	World War I 1914–1918