H.M.S. Ribble (1904)

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H.M.S. Ribble (1904)
Pendant Number: unknown[1]
Builder: Yarrow & Company[2]
Ordered: 1901-02 Programme[3]
Laid down: 4 Jul, 1902[4]
Launched: 19 Mar, 1904[5]
Completed: Jun, 1904[6]
Commissioned: Jun, 1904[7]
Broken up: 1920[8]

H.M.S. Ribble was one of the Royal Navy's thirty-six "River" class destroyers.

Service

In late 1905, she was one of eight destroyers in the Second Division of the Channel Fleet's Destroyer Flotilla.[9]

In April, 1908, she was one of ten Rivers expected to arrive at Portsmouth in order to have H.M.S. Vernon install wireless telegraphy equipment in them.[10]

In mid-1913, active in Hong Kong.[11]

Under Lieutenant-Commander Wilkinson, Usk was amongst three "Rivers" employed in towing landing boats in to Anzac Cove at the Dardanelles.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  6. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 304.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  8. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 99.
  9. The Navy List. (November, 1905). pp. 267, 269.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Apr 11, 1908; pg. 8; Issue 38618.
  11. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 367.
  12. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 78.
  13. "Appointments for the Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Jul 09, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37442.
  14. Gwatkin-Williams Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. f. 93.
  15. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 368.
  16. Gwatkin-Williams Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/83. f. 93.
  17. Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  18. Oldham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/187. f. 201.
  19. The Navy List. (November, 1905). p. 368.
  20. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
  21. The Navy List. (June, 1906). p. 368.
  22. Cardale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/57. f. 65.
  23. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 367.
  24. Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  25. The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 366.
  26. Leith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/437. f. 439.
  27. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 367.
  28. Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  29. Hanning-Lee Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/507. f. 510.
  30. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 16, 1911; pg. 4; Issue 39483.
  31. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Jan 16, 1911; pg. 4; Issue 39483.
  32. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 367.
  33. Mackinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/228. f. 232.
  34. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397j.
  35. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 397j.
  36. Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/89. f. 47.
  37. The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 397i.
  38. Snepp Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/144/553. f. 553.
  39. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397n.
  40. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/84. f. 84.
  41. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 896.
  42. Clarke Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/84. f. 84.

Bibliography


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Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
Arun Blackwater Waveney Chelmer Colne
Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
Ure Wear Liffey Moy Ouse
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