page_title: HMS Eden (1903)
section_title: Pre war
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Eden (1903) / Pre war
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Heckansicht und Propeller der HMS Eden
context_page_description: HMS Eden was a Hawthorn Leslie type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Eden in northern England, she was the second ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1814.
context_section_description: After commissioning she was assigned to the East Coast Destroyer Flotilla of the 1st Fleet and based at Harwich. She was used for a lot of test runs with her conventionally-powered sister Waveney to ascertain whether her turbines represented an improvement.
  In April 1909 she was assigned to the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on its formation at Harwich.  She remained until displaced by a Basilisk-class destroyer by May 1912.  She was assigned to the 5th Destroyer Flotilla of the 2nd Fleet with a nucleus crew.
  In the early morning of 28 January 1910 while under the command of Lieutenant Oliver M F Stokes she broke loose from her moorings in bad weather and sank at the Harbour Jetty under the East Cliff at Dover.  She was refloated on 30 January and repaired.
  On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter 'A'.  The ships of the River class were assigned to the E class.  After 30 September 1913, she was known as an E-class destroyer and had the letter ‘E’ painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel.
caption: HMS Eden in drydock in 1904.
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