Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HMS Test was a River-class destroyer named after the River Test. She was the first ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy. Built on speculation at Birkenhead by Cammell Laird and Company, she was launched on 6 May 1905 but was not purchased for the Royal Navy until 1909. She served in British home waters during the Great War and was sold in 1919.