HMS Erne (1903)

	HMS Erne
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Erne
Ordered	1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Laid down	3 July 1902
Launched	14 January 1903
Commissioned	February 1904
Out of service	6 February 1915 wrecked on the Scottish North Sea Coast at Rattray Head lighthouse north east of Aberdeenshire
Stricken	Abandoned as wreck October 1915
Fate	Her wreck sold for £405 January 1916 to Forth Shipbreaking, Bo’ness for breaking
General characteristics
Class & type	Palmer Type River Class destroyer
Displacement	550 long tons (559 t) standard; 620 long tons (630 t) full load; 223 ft 6 in (68.12 m) o/a; 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) Beam; 7 ft 4.5 in (2.248 m) Draught;
Propulsion	4 × Reed water tube boilers; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 7,000 shp (5,200 kW) (average);
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range	140 tons coal; 1,620 nmi (3,000 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	70 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I; 3 × QF 12-pounder 8 cwt, mounting G Mark I (Added in 1906); 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt (removed in 1906); 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Part of:	East Coast Destroyer Flotilla - 1905; 3rd Destroyer Flotilla - Apr 1909; 5th Destroyer Flotilla - 1912; Assigned E Class - Aug 1912 - Oct 1913; 9th Destroyer Flotilla - 1914;
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Erne was a Palmer Type River Class Destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Erne in Ireland, she was the third ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1813 for a 20-gun brig sold in 1819.

History
HMS Erne
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Erne
Ordered	1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Laid down	3 July 1902
Launched	14 January 1903
Commissioned	February 1904
Out of service	6 February 1915 wrecked on the Scottish North Sea Coast at Rattray Head lighthouse north east of Aberdeenshire
Stricken	Abandoned as wreck October 1915
Fate	Her wreck sold for £405 January 1916 to Forth Shipbreaking, Bo’ness for breaking
General characteristics
Class & type	Palmer Type River Class destroyer
Displacement	550 long tons (559 t) standard 620 long tons (630 t) full load 223 ft 6 in (68.12 m) o/a 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) Beam 7 ft 4.5 in (2.248 m) Draught
Propulsion	4 × Reed water tube boilers 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 7,000 shp (5,200 kW) (average)
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range	140 tons coal 1,620 nmi (3,000 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement	70 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I 3 × QF 12-pounder 8 cwt, mounting G Mark I (Added in 1906) 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt (removed in 1906) 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes
Service record
Part of:	East Coast Destroyer Flotilla - 1905 3rd Destroyer Flotilla - Apr 1909 5th Destroyer Flotilla - 1912 Assigned E Class - Aug 1912 - Oct 1913 9th Destroyer Flotilla - 1914
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918