HMS Chelmer (1904)

	HMS Chelmer at Mudros
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Chelmer
Ordered	1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates
Builder	John I Tornycroft Chiswick
Laid down	11 December 1903
Launched	8 December 1904
Commissioned	June 1905
Out of service	1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Honours &; awards	Dardanelles 1915 - 1916
Fate	30 June 1920 sold to Thos. W. Ward of Sheffield for breaking at Hayle, Cornwall
General characteristics
Class & type	Thornycroft Type River Class destroyer
Displacement	550 long tons (559 t) standard; 615 long tons (625 t) full load; 225 ft 9 in (68.81 m) o/a; 23 ft 10.5 in (7.277 m) Beam; 8 ft (2.4 m) Draught;
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler; 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	127 tons coal; 1,695 nmi (3,139 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 – 1904; China Station – 1909/10; 5th Destroyer Flotilla – Dec 1914;
Operations:	World War I 1914–1918

HMS Chelmer was a Thornycroft Type River Class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903–1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Chelmer in eastern England, north-east of London, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.

History
HMS Chelmer at Mudros
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Chelmer
Ordered	1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates
Builder	John I Tornycroft Chiswick
Laid down	11 December 1903
Launched	8 December 1904
Commissioned	June 1905
Out of service	1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal
Honours & awards	Dardanelles 1915 - 1916
Fate	30 June 1920 sold to Thos. W. Ward of Sheffield for breaking at Hayle, Cornwall
General characteristics
Class & type	Thornycroft Type River Class destroyer
Displacement	550 long tons (559 t) standard 615 long tons (625 t) full load 225 ft 9 in (68.81 m) o/a 23 ft 10.5 in (7.277 m) Beam 8 ft (2.4 m) Draught
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler 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	127 tons coal 1,695 nmi (3,139 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 – 1904 China Station – 1909/10 5th Destroyer Flotilla – Dec 1914
Operations:	World War I 1914–1918