HMS Doon (1904)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Doon.

HMS Doon in 1905
History
United Kingdom
NameDoon
Ordered1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates
BuilderR.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Laid down16 February 1904
Launched8 November 1904
Commissioned1 June 1905
Out of service1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate27 May 1919 sold to Thos. W. Ward of Sheffield for breaking at Rainham, Kent, on the Thames Estuary
General characteristics
Class and typeHawthorn 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
Propulsion
Speed25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range
  • 140 tons coal
  • 1,870 nmi (3,460 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement70 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Part of:
Operations: World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Doon was a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Doon in western Scotland, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.

  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). Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1-85170-378-0.