| Name: | ERNE |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 03/07/1902 |
| Launched: | 14/01/1903 |
| Completed: | 04/12/1903 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 767 |
| Dimensions: | 550disp - 625disp, 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 QF guns; 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 04/12/1903 | British Royal Navy |
| 06/02/1915 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | Member of the River Class of Destroyers |
| 1906: Armament of 5 x 1 x 6pdr guns replaced by 3 x 1 x 12pdr guns | |
| 1913: Redesignated as a member of the E Class of destroyers | |
| 06/02/1915: Wrecked on Rattray Head | |
| 01/1916: Wreck sold to Forth Shipbreaking at Bo’ness for £405 |
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