HMS Waveney (1903)

HMS Waveney (1903)

HMS Waveney was a River class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by Hawthorn Leslie and launched in 1903. She featured flush funnel tops, as did others of her class. She was 220 feet long, displaced around 550 tons and her 7,000 HP produced 26 knots. She was equipped with sponsons.

She was armed with one twelve pounder and was later uprated with four. She carried two torpedo tubes. She served in home waters during the Great War and was sold off in 1920.

References

The British Destroyer by Captain T.D. Manning. Published by Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0 906223 12 x.


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