HMS Boyne (1904)

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

River-class destroyer
HMS Boyne in dock
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Boyne
Ordered1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates
BuilderR.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Laid down16 June 1903
Launched12 September 1904
Commissioned1 May 1905
Out of service1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate30 August 1919 sold to Hayes of Porthcawl for breaking
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
Installed power7,000 shp (5,200 kW)
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 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.

  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.