TYNE BUILT SHIPS
  A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built

Home

Shipbuilders

Ships

River Views

About

Copyright


Select

Ship Name

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

XYZ



Name: DOON
Type: Destroyer
Keel: 16/02/1904
Launched: 08/11/1904
Completed: 21/06/1905
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 395
Dimensions: 550 - 625disp, 220.0 x 23.6 x 10.9(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x VT3cyl (20.5, 31 & 48 x 19.5), 7000shp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 26.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 1 x 12pdr QF, 5 x 1 x 6pdr QFguns; 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes
History:
21/06/1905 British Royal Navy
27/05/1919 Broken up
Comments: A River Class Destroyer
1906: Gun armament changed to 4 x 1 x 12pdr QF guns
1913: Reclassified as a member of the E Class
27/05/1919: Sold for breaking up by TW Ward at Rainham


Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums

Above photo showing DOON in dock at Harwich is courtesy of Mersea Museum

Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 09/11/1904