HMS Eden (1903)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Eden.
HMS Eden was a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Eden in northern England, she was the second ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1814.
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HMS Eden in 1909. | |
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Name | HMS Eden |
Ordered | 1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates |
Builder | R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Laid down | 12 June 1902 |
Launched | 13 March 1903 |
Commissioned | June 1904 |
Fate | Lost in collision, 18 June 1916 |
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Class and type | Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer[1][2] |
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Installed power | 7,000 shp (5,200 kW) (average) |
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Speed | 25.5 kn (47.2 km/h) |
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Complement | 70 officers and men |
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Operations: | World War I 1914 - 1918 |
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