HMS Rother (1904)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Rother
Ordered	1902–1903 Naval Estimates
Builder	Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow
Laid down	23 March 1903
Launched	5 January 1904
Commissioned	May 1905
Out of service	In 1919 she was laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate	23 July 1919 sold to Thos. W. Ward of Sheffield for breaking at Briton Ferry, Glamorgan in Wales
General characteristics
Class and 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; 1st Destroyer Flotilla - Nov 1916;
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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