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{{Short description|British destroyer}}
{{Other ships|HMS Thorn}}
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|Ship caption = ''HMS Thorn'' in 1920
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| Ship country        = United Kingdom
| Ship flag           = {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}}
| Ship name           = ''Thorn''
| Ship ordered        = 
| Ship builder        = [[John Brown and Company]], [[Clydebank]]
| Ship laid down      = Speculative Build
| Ship launched       = 17 March 1900
| Ship acquired       = 1899 – 1900 Naval Estimates
| Ship commissioned   = June 1901
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| Ship out of service = December 1918 she was [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|paid off]] and laid-up in reserve awaiting disposal
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| Ship fate           = Broken at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1919
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|Ship class               = [[C-class destroyer (1913)|Clydebank three funnel - 30 knot]] [[destroyer]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Jane|first=Fred T.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1905|orig-year=1905|year=1969|publisher=first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company|location=New York|page=77}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Jane|first=Fred T.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I|year= 1990|publisher=Jane’s Publishing © 1919|isbn=1-85170-378-0|page=77}}</ref>
|Ship displacement        = *{{Convert|350|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard
*{{Convert|395|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship length              = {{Convert|218|ft|m|abbr=on}} [[Length overall|o/a]]
|Ship beam                = {{convert|20|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught             = {{convert|8|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion          = * 4 × Thornycroft [[water tube boiler]]
* 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) [[steam engines]] driving 2 shafts producing {{Convert|5800|SHP|kW|abbr=on}}
|Ship speed               = {{convert|30|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
|Ship range               = * 80&nbsp;tons coal
* {{Convert|1465|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|11|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement          = 63
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* 1 × [[QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun|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 [[Torpedo tube|tube]]s for [[British 18 inch torpedo|18-inch (450mm) torpedoes]]
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'''HMS ''Thorn''''' was a [[C-class destroyer (1913)|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.<ref name="Jane-p84-85">{{cite book|last=Jane|first=Fred T.|title=Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships 1898|orig-year=1898|year=1969|publisher=first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company|location=New York|page=84 to 85}}</ref><ref name="Jane-p76">{{cite book|last=Jane|first=Fred T.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I|year= 1990|publisher=Jane’s Publishing © 1919|isbn=1-85170-378-0|page=76}}</ref>

==Construction and career==
She was [[Keel laying|laid down]] as a speculative build [[yard number]] 334 at the [[John Brown and Company]] shipyard in [[Clydebank]] and was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 17 March 1900.  She was then acquired by the Royal Navy on 31 March 1900. During her [[sea trial]]s she made her contract speed of {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}}.  She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in June 1901.<ref name="Jane-p84-85" /><ref name="Jane-p76" />

After [[Ship commissioning|commissioning]] she was assigned to the [[Channel Fleet]] in the Devonport Flotilla. She spent her operational career mainly in Home Waters. She was [[paid off]] on 4 January 1902, when her crew was turned over to {{HMS|Opossum|1895|6}}, which took her place in the flotilla.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval & Military intelligence |date=2 January 1902 |page=8 |issue=36654}}</ref>

On 30 August 1912 the [[British Admiralty|Admiralty]] directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alphabetical characters starting with the letter 'A'. Since her design speed was 30 knots and she had three [[Funnel (ship)|funnels]] she was assigned to the 'C' class. After 30 September 1913, she was known as a C-class destroyer and had the letter 'C' painted on the hull below the [[Bridge (nautical)|bridge]] area and on either the fore or aft funnel.<ref>{{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|orig-year=1985 |year= 2006|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|page=Page 17 to 19}}</ref>

===World War I and disposition ===
July 1914 found her in active commission with the 7th Flotilla based at Devonport. In August 1914 the 7th Flotilla was deployed to the Humber River. Her employment with the 7th Flotilla included participating in anti-submarine and counter mining patrols. In November 1916 she was deployed to [[Londonderry Port]], Ireland.  Here her duties included anti-submarine and counter mining patrols and escorting merchant vessels.

By December 1918 she was [[Ship commissioning#Ship decommissioning|paid off]] and laid up in [[Reserve fleet|reserve]] awaiting disposal.  She was [[Ship breaking|broken up]] at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1919.<ref name="gwpda">{{cite web|title="Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class|url=http://www.gwpda.org/naval/s0420000.htm|access-date=1 Jun 2013}}</ref>

==Pennant numbers==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Pennant Number<ref name="gwpda" /> ||From||To
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|D57||6 Dec 1914||1 Sep 1915
|-
|D70||1 Sep 1915||1 Jan 1918
|-
|D89||1 Jan 1918||Dec 1918
|}

==References==
NOTE:  All tabular data under General Characteristics only from the listed Jane's Fighting Ships volume unless otherwise specified

{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Kolesnik|editor2-first=Eugene M.|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905|year=1979 |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London |isbn=0-85177-133-5}}
* {{Cite Colledge2006}}
* {{cite book|last1=Dittmar|first1=F. J.|last2=Colledge|first2=J. J.|title=British Warships 1914–1919|year=1972|publisher=Ian Allan|location=Shepperton, UK|isbn=0-7110-0380-7|name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Norman|title=British Destroyers: From Earliest Days to the Second World War|year=2009|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|location=Barnsley, UK|isbn=978-1-84832-049-9}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Gardiner|editor1-first=Robert|editor2-last=Gray|editor2-first=Randal|title=Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-245-5|name-list-style=amp}}
* {{cite book|last=Lyon|first=David|title=The First Destroyers|year=2001|orig-year=1996|publisher=Caxton Editions|location=London|isbn=1-84067-3648}}
* {{cite book|last=Manning|first=T. D.|title=The British Destroyer|year=1961|publisher=Putnam & Co.|location=London|oclc= 6470051}}
* {{cite book|last=March|first=Edgar J.|title=British Destroyers: A History of Development, 1892–1953; Drawn by Admiralty Permission From Official Records & Returns, Ships' Covers & Building Plans|year=1966|publisher=Seeley Service|location=London |oclc=164893555}}

==External links==
* [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/s0420000.htm "Arrowsmith" List: Royal Navy WW1 Destroyer Pendant Numbers]

{{C class destroyer}}

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[[Category:World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom]]