HMS Thorn (1900)

	HMS Thorn in 1920
History
United Kingdom
Name	Thorn
Builder	John Brown and Company, Clydebank
Laid down	Speculative Build
Launched	17 March 1900
Acquired	1899 – 1900 Naval Estimates
Commissioned	June 1901
Out of service	December 1918 she was paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate	Broken at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1919
General characteristics
Class & type	Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	350 long tons (356 t) standard; 395 long tons (401 t);
Length	218 ft (66 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 8 in (6.30 m)
Draught	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 5,800 shp (4,300 kW);
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,465 nmi (2,713 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	63
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I Low angle mount; 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt naval gun L/40 Naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes;

HMS Thorn was a Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer purchased by the Royal Navy under the 1899–1900 Naval Estimates. She was the second ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1779 for a 16-gun sloop sold in 1816.

History
HMS Thorn in 1920
United Kingdom
Name	Thorn
Builder	John Brown and Company, Clydebank
Laid down	Speculative Build
Launched	17 March 1900
Acquired	1899 – 1900 Naval Estimates
Commissioned	June 1901
Out of service	December 1918 she was paid off and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal
Fate	Broken at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1919
General characteristics
Class & type	Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	350 long tons (356 t) standard 395 long tons (401 t)
Length	218 ft (66 m) o/a
Beam	20 ft 8 in (6.30 m)
Draught	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 5,800 shp (4,300 kW)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal 1,465 nmi (2,713 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement	63
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 naval gun on a P Mark I Low angle mount 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt naval gun L/40 Naval gun on a Mark I* low angle mount 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) torpedoes