| Name: | EDEN |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 12/07/1902 |
| Launched: | 14/03/1903 |
| Completed: | 16/06/1904 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 386 |
| Dimensions: | 555 - 625disp, 220.0 x 23.0 x 9.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 1 x HP Steam turbine, 2 x LP Steam turbine, 7000shp |
| Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 3 x 2 x Screws, 25.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 12pdr QF, 5 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 16/06/1904 | British Royal Navy |
| 18/06/1916 | Sank |
| Comments: | A member of the River Class of destroyers |
| She was a sub-contract from Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd | |
| Fitted with 2 x screws per shaft. Trial speed 26.0knots | |
| 1903: Gun armament changed to 4 x 1 x 12pdr QF guns | |
| 28/01/1910: Broke away from moorings in bad weather & sank under East Cliff, Dover | |
| 30/01/1910: Refloated and repaired | |
| 18/06/1916: Sank after a collision with FRANCE in the English Channel |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Dundee Evening Telegraph, Saturday, 23/01/1904