HMS Leven (1898)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Leven
Ordered	1897 – 1898 Naval Estimates
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Glasgow
Laid down	24 January 1898
Launched	28 June 1898
Commissioned	July 1899
Out of service	Paid off, 1919
Fate	Sold for breaking, 14 September 1920
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Fairfield "30 knotter" destroyer
Displacement	370 long tons (376 t) light 420 long tons (427 t) full load
Length	215 ft 6 in (65.68 m) oa 209 ft 9 in (63.93 m) pp
Beam	21 ft 0+1⁄4 in (6.41 m)
Draught	8 ft 2 in (2.5 m)
Installed power	6,300 ihp (4,700 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers 2× vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 × shafts
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	63 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt L/40 naval gun 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918
Awards:	Battle honour "Belgian Coast 1914–16"

HMS Leven was a Fairfield "30-knotter" destroyer of the Royal Navy, later classified as part of the C class. It was built in 1898–1899, and served with the Royal Navy through to the First World War, sinking a German U-boat in 1918. Leven was sold for scrapping in 1920.