HMS Doon was a River-class destroyer constructed for the Royal Navy, ordered under the 1903–1904 Naval Estimates. She was built by Hawthorn Leslie at Hebburn-on-Tyne, with her keel laid on 16 February 1904, and launched on 8 November 1904. The ship was completed by June 1905. Her initial armament was similar to the earlier Turtleback torpedo boat destroyers, but in 1906, her armament was upgraded: the five 6-pounder naval guns were replaced with three 12-pounder 8 cwt guns, with two mounted abeam at the foc’s’le break and one on the quarterdeck. Doon’s early service saw her assigned to the East Coast Destroyer Flotilla of the 1st Fleet, based at Harwich. She participated in fleet exercises, including live fire and night manoeuvres in April 1908, during which the fleet suffered a collision incident. That July, she underwent a refit at Sheerness Dockyard, where she received a new propeller shaft. In March 1909, while escorting the Royal yacht Alexandra from Dover to Calais alongside the destroyer Fawn, Doon collided with the steam trawler Halcyon, which sank with all crew rescued; Doon herself sustained severe bow damage, necessitating repairs at Portsmouth. Throughout her career, Doon was reassigned among various flotillas, including the 3rd and 5th Destroyer Flotillas, and was reclassified as an E-class destroyer in 1913, marked by an 'E' painted on her hull and funnels. By early 1914, she was based with the 9th Destroyer Flotilla at Chatham, tasked with anti-submarine and counter-mining patrols in the Firth of Forth. During the German Raid on Hartlepool in December 1914, under Lieutenant-Commander H. McLeod-Fraser, Doon was damaged by German shellfire, suffering splinter damage, with her wireless, aft gun, and torpedo tube disabled, and resulting in three fatalities and six wounded. Later, she served with the 7th Destroyer Flotilla on the Humber Patrol, engaging in counter-mining and anti-submarine operations for the remainder of World War I. Decommissioned in 1919, she was sold for scrapping, having not been awarded any battle honours.

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