HMS Waveney (1903)
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HMS Waveney at sea
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| 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 |
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| Class and type: | Hawthorn Leslie-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) |
| Installed power: | 7,000 shp (5,200 kW) |
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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 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.
Waveney was laid down on 20 October 1902 at the Hawthorn Leslie shipyard at Hebburn-on-Tyne and launched on 16 March 1903. She was completed in June 1904. The original armament provided 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 were mounted abeam at the foc'x'le break and the third gun was mounted on the quarterdeck.
After commissioning Waveney was assigned to the East Coast Destroyer Flotilla of the 1st Fleet and based at Harwich.
On 26 July 1907 Waveney and the destroyer Garry collided off Sandown, damaging both ships.
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 Gala and damaged the destroyer Ribble.
In April 1909 she was assigned to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on its formation at Harwich. She remained until displaced by a Beagle-class destroyer by May 1912. She was 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.
In early 1914 when replaced by G-class destroyers, Waveney joined the 9th Destroyer Flotilla based at Chatham tendered to HMS St George. The 9th Flotilla was a patrol flotilla tasked with anti-submarine and counter-mining patrols in the Firth of Forth area.
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