HMS Waveney (1903)

	HMS Waveney at sea
History
United Kingdom
Name	Waveney
Ordered	1902–1903 Naval Estimates
Builder	R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Laid down	20 October 1902
Launched	16 March 1903
Commissioned	1 June 1904
Out of service	1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate	Sold for breaking, 20 February 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Hawthorn Leslie-type River-class destroyer
Displacement	550 long tons (559 t) standard; 625 long tons (635 t) full load;
Length	226 ft 6 in (69.04 m) o/a
Beam	23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Draught	7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Installed power	7,000 shp (5,200 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow type water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range	140 tons coal; 1,870 nmi (3,460 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 – 1904; 3rd Destroyer Flotilla – Apr 1909; 5th Destroyer Flotilla – 1912; Assigned E Class – Aug 1912 – Oct 1913; 9th Destroyer Flotilla – 1914; 7th Destroyer Flotilla – Aug 1915;
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.

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

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History
HMS Waveney at sea
United Kingdom
Name	Waveney
Ordered	1902–1903 Naval Estimates
Builder	R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Laid down	20 October 1902
Launched	16 March 1903
Commissioned	1 June 1904
Out of service	1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate	Sold for breaking, 20 February 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Hawthorn Leslie-type River-class destroyer^[1]^[2]
Displacement	550 long tons (559 t) standard 625 long tons (635 t) full load
Length	226 ft 6 in (69.04 m) o/a
Beam	23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Draught	7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Installed power	7,000 shp (5,200 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow type water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range	140 tons coal 1,870 nmi (3,460 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 – 1904 3rd Destroyer Flotilla – Apr 1909 5th Destroyer Flotilla – 1912 Assigned E Class – Aug 1912 – Oct 1913 9th Destroyer Flotilla – 1914 7th Destroyer Flotilla – Aug 1915
Operations:	World War I 1914–1918