HMS Cherwell

History
United Kingdom
Name	Cherwell
Ordered	1902–1903 Naval Estimates
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Laid down	20 January 1903
Launched	23 July 1903
Commissioned	March 1904
Out of service	In 1919 she was laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate	23 June 1919 sold to Thos. W. Ward of Sheffield for breaking at Rainham, Kent on the Thames Estuary
General characteristics
Class and type	Palmer Type River Class destroyer
Displacement	550 long tons (559 t) standard; 620 long tons (630 t) full load; 223 ft 6 in (68.12 m) o/a; 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) Beam; 7 ft 4.5 in (2.248 m) Draught;
Propulsion	4 × Reed water tube boilers; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 7,000 shp (5,200 kW) (average);
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range	140 tons coal; 1,620 nmi (3,000 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 (April 1909); 5th Destroyer Flotilla (1912); Assigned E Class (August 1912 – October 1913); 9th Destroyer Flotilla (1914); 1st Destroyer Flotilla (November 1916);
Operations:	World War I

HMS Cherwell was a Palmer Type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1902 – 1903 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Cherwell in south central England near Oxford, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.

^ 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
United Kingdom
Name	Cherwell
Ordered	1902–1903 Naval Estimates
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Laid down	20 January 1903
Launched	23 July 1903
Commissioned	March 1904
Out of service	In 1919 she was laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate	23 June 1919 sold to Thos. W. Ward of Sheffield for breaking at Rainham, Kent on the Thames Estuary
General characteristics
Class and type	Palmer Type River Class destroyer^[1]^[2]
Displacement	550 long tons (559 t) standard 620 long tons (630 t) full load 223 ft 6 in (68.12 m) o/a 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) Beam 7 ft 4.5 in (2.248 m) Draught
Propulsion	4 × Reed water tube boilers 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 7,000 shp (5,200 kW) (average)
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range	140 tons coal 1,620 nmi (3,000 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 (April 1909) 5th Destroyer Flotilla (1912) Assigned E Class (August 1912 – October 1913) 9th Destroyer Flotilla (1914) 1st Destroyer Flotilla (November 1916)
Operations:	World War I