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