HMS Rother (1904)

History
United Kingdom
NameRother
Ordered1902–1903 Naval Estimates
BuilderPalmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Laid down23 March 1903
Launched5 January 1904
CommissionedMay 1905
Out of serviceIn 1919 she was laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate23 July 1919 sold to Thos. W. Ward of Sheffield for breaking at Briton Ferry, Glamorgan in Wales
General characteristics
Class & typePalmer 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
Speed25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range
  • 140 tons coal
  • 1,620 nmi (3,000 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement70 officers and men
Armament
Service record
Part of:
Operations: World War I

HMS Rother was a Palmer type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1902–1903 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Rother, east of Sheffield, South Yorkshire in England, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.

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