Name: | CHERWELL |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 20/01/1903 |
Launched: | 23/07/1903 |
Completed: | 15/03/1904 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 772 |
Dimensions: | 550disp, 221.0 x 23.5 x 7.1(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl, 6200hp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 26.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 1 x 12pdr QF, 5 x 1 x 6pdr guns; 2 x 18ins torpedoes |
History: | |
15/03/1904 | British Royal Navy |
23/06/1919 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the River Class of destroyers |
1913: Redesignated as a member of the E Class | |
23/06/1919: Sold for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd at Rainham, Essex |
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Jarrow Express, Friday, 24/07/1903