Hawthorn Leslie & Company

R. & W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Limited, usually referred to simply as Hawthorn Leslie, was a British shipbuilding concern which specialised in small warships such as destroyers.

Shipbuilding

Ship	Type	Launched	Fate
U.S.S. Shearwater	armed yacht	1887	Sold 1898
H.M.S. Bellona	third class protected cruiser	29 Aug, 1890	Sold 1906
H.M.S. Sunfish	destroyer	23 May, 1895	Broken up 1920
H.M.S. Opossum	destroyer	9 Aug, 1895	Broken up 1920
H.M.S. Ranger	destroyer	4 Oct, 1895	Broken up 1920
U.S.S. Siren	armed yacht	1897	Sold 3 Jan, 1911
H.M.S. Cheerful	destroyer	14 Jul, 1897	Mined 1917
H.M.S. Mermaid	destroyer	22 Feb, 1898	Broken up 1919
H.M.S. Greyhound	destroyer	6 Oct, 1900	Broken up 1919
H.M.S. Racehorse	destroyer	8 Nov, 1900	Broken up 1920
H.M.S. Roebuck	destroyer	4 Jan, 1901	Broken up 1919
H.M.S. Derwent	destroyer	14 Feb, 1903	Mined 2 May, 1917
H.M.S. Eden	destroyer	13 Mar, 1903	Collision 18 Jun, 1916
H.M.S. Waveney	destroyer	16 Mar, 1903	Broken up 1920
H.M.S. Boyne	destroyer	12 Sep, 1904	Broken up 1919
H.M.S. Doon	destroyer	8 Nov, 1904	Broken up 1919
H.M.S. Kale	destroyer	8 Nov, 1904	Mined 27 Mar, 1918
H.M.S. Ghurka	destroyer	29 Apr, 1907	Mined 8 Feb, 1917
H.M. T.B. 21	first-class torpedo boat	20 Dec, 1907	Sold 1920
H.M. T.B. 22	first-class torpedo boat	1 Feb, 1908	Sold 1920
H.M. T.B. 33	first-class torpedo boat	22 Feb, 1909	Sold 1922
H.M. T.B. 34	first-class torpedo boat	22 Feb, 1909	Sold 1921
H.M.S. Zulu	destroyer	16 Sep, 1909	Mined 8 Nov, 1916
H.M.S. Scourge	destroyer	11 Feb, 1910	May, 1921
H.M.S. Nemesis	destroyer	9 Aug, 1910	To Japan Jun, 1917
H.M.S. Nereide	destroyer	6 Sep, 1910	Dec, 1921
H.M.S. Nymphe	destroyer	31 Jan, 1911	May, 1921
H.M.S. Jackal	destroyer	9 Sep, 1911	28 Sep, 1920
H.M.S. Tigress	destroyer	20 Dec, 1911	9 May, 1921
H.M.S. Cockatrice	destroyer	1912	May, 1921
H.M.S. Christopher	destroyer	29 Aug, 1912	May, 1921
H.M.S. Contest	destroyer	7 Jan, 1913	Torpedoed 18 Sep, 1917
H.M.S. Mentor	destroyer	21 Aug, 1914
H.M.S. Carysfort	light cruiser	14 Nov, 1914	Sold 1931
H.M.S. Mansfield	destroyer	3 Dec, 1914
H.M.S. Marksman	flotilla leader	28 Apr, 1915
H.M.S. Champion	light cruiser	29 May, 1915	Sold 28 Jul, 1934
H.M.S. Talisman	destroyer	15 Jul, 1915
H.M.S. Termagant	destroyer	26 Aug, 1915
H.M.S. Trident	destroyer	20 Nov, 1915
H.M.S. Turbulent	destroyer	5 Jan, 1916	Rammed 1 Jun, 1916
H.M.S. Pigeon	destroyer	3 Mar, 1916
H.M.S. Plover	destroyer	3 Mar, 1916
H.M.S. Sarpedon	destroyer	1 Jun, 1916	13 Jul, 1926
H.M.S. Starfish	destroyer	27 Sep, 1916	21 Apr, 1928
H.M.S. Stork	destroyer	15 Nov, 1916	7 Oct, 1927
H.M.S. Thruster	destroyer	10 Jan, 1917	1937
H.M.S. Calypso	light cruiser	24 Jan, 1917	Torpedoed 12 Jun, 1940
H.M.S. Thisbe	destroyer	8 Mar, 1917	31 Aug, 1936
H.M.S. Verdun	destroyer	21 Aug, 1917
H.M.S. Verulam	destroyer	3 Oct, 1917	Mined 4 Sep, 1919
H.M.S. Versatile	destroyer	31 Oct, 1917
H.M.S. Warwick	destroyer	28 Dec, 1917	Torpedoed 20 Feb, 1944
H.M.S. Wessex	destroyer	12 Mar, 1918	Sunk 24 May, 1940
H.M.S. Turbulent	destroyer	29 May, 1918
H.M.S. Montrose	flotilla leader	10 Jun, 1918	31 Jan, 1946
H.M.S. Stuart	flotilla leader	22 Aug, 1918	3 Feb, 1947
H.M.S. Tenedos	destroyer	21 Oct, 1918
H.M.S. Thanet	destroyer	5 Nov, 1918
H.M.S. Thracian	destroyer	5 Mar, 1920
H.M.S. Sussex	heavy cruiser	22 Feb, 1928	Broken up 1950
H.M.S. Active	destroyer	9 Jul, 1929	Sold 7 Jul, 1947
H.M.S. Antelope	destroyer	27 Jul, 1929	Sold 28 Jan, 1946
H.M.S. Bridgewater	sloop	14 Sep, 1929	Broken up 1947
H.M.S. Sandwich	sloop	28 Sep, 1929	Sold 1946
H.M.S. Blanche	destroyer	29 May, 1930	Mined 13 Sep, 1939
H.M.S. Boadicea	destroyer	23 Sep, 1930	Bombed 13 Jun, 1944
H.M.S. Electra	destroyer	15 Feb, 1934	Sunk 27 Feb, 1942
H.M.S. Encounter	destroyer	29 Mar, 1934	Sunk 1 Mar, 1942
H.M.S. Imogen	destroyer	30 Oct, 1936	Collision 16 Jul, 1940
H.M.S. Imperial	destroyer	11 Dec, 1936	Sunk 29 May, 1941
H.M.S. Manchester	light cruiser	12 Apr, 1937	Sunk 13 Aug, 1942