HMS Waveney (1903)

HMS Waveney at sea
History
United Kingdom
NameWaveney
Ordered1902–1903 Naval Estimates
BuilderR.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Laid down20 October 1902
Launched16 March 1903
Commissioned1 June 1904
Out of service1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
FateSold for breaking, 20 February 1920
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
Length226 ft 6 in (69.04 m) o/a
Beam23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Draught7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
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 Waveney was a Hawthorn Leslie-type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1902–1903 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Waveney in eastern England, she was the first ship of the Royal Navy to carry this name.

  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.