HMS Arun (1903)
HMS Arun
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| Name: | HMS Arun |
| Namesake: | River Arun |
| Ordered: | 1902–1903 Naval Estimates |
| Builder: | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead |
| Laid down: | 27 August 1902 |
| Launched: | 29 April 1903 |
| Commissioned: | February 1904 |
| Out of service: | Laid up in reserve, 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold to Thos W Ward of Sheffield on 30 June 1920 for breaking at Hale, North Cornwall |
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| Class and type: | Laird Type River-class destroyer |
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| 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) |
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| Speed: | 25.5 kn (47.2 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 70 officers and men |
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| Operations: | World War I (1914-1918) |
HMS Arun was a Laird Type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1902–1903 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Arun in southern England she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.
She was laid down on 27 August 1902 at the Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead and launched on 29 April 1903. She was completed in February 1904. Her original armament was to be the same as the turtleback torpedo boat destroyers that preceded her. In 1906 the Admiralty decided to upgrade the armament by landing the five 6-pounder naval guns and shipping three 12-pounder 8 hundredweight (cwt) guns. Two would be mounted abeam at the foc's'le break and the third gun would be mounted on the quarterdeck.
After commissioning she was assigned to the East Coast Destroyer Flotilla of the 1st Fleet and based at Harwich.
On 13 August 1904, while under the command of Commander Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, RN, she collided with the destroyer Decoy off the Scilly Islands. Decoy sank.
On 27 April 1908 the Eastern Flotilla departed Harwich for live fire and night manoeuvres. During these exercises the cruiser Attentive rammed and sank the destroyer HMS Gala, then damaged the destroyer HMS Ribble.
In April 1909 she was assigned to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla of the 1st Fleet on its formation at Harwich. She remained until displaced by a Basilisk-class destroyer by May 1912. She went into reserve assigned to the 5th Destroyer Flotilla of the 2nd Fleet with a nucleus crew.
On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter 'A'. The ships of the River class were assigned to the 'E'-class. After 30 September 1913, she was known as an E-class destroyer and had the letter 'E' painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel.
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