HMS Eden was a named after one (or more) of the United Kingdom's River Edens. She was the second and last ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.

Pennant numbers

Pennant number	From	To
N42	6 December 1914	1 September 1915
D17	1 September 1915	18 June 1916

Construction

She was built by Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle and launched on 13 February 1903. She featured flush funnel tops, as did others of her class. She was 220 ft (67.1 m) long, displaced around 540 LT (548.7 t) and her 7000 hp Parsons turbine

Steam turbine

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s and Yarrow

Yarrow Shipbuilders

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 boiler

Boiler

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s produced a top speed of 26 kn (31.7 mph; 51 km/h). She was initially armed with one 12-pounder, later increased to four. She also carried two 18-inch torpedo

British 18 inch torpedo

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 tubes.

Career

In the early morning of 28 January 1910, Eden broke from her moorings and sank at the Harbour Jetty, Dover

Dover

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. She was refloated two days later. During the First World War

World War I

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, she served in home waters until she was sunk in a collision with on the night of 18 June 1916. Today, her wreck lies in 34 m (111.5 ft) in the waters near Fécamp

Fécamp

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