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==Service==
 
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On 11 April, 1907, she collided with {{UK-Falcon|f=p}} in the English Channel.  The two damaged vessels returned to Dover Pier.{{NMI|Friday, April 12, 1907, Issue 38305, p.10}}
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In 1909, ''Colne'' became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with [[British Wireless Systems#Destroyer Set|Destroyer Sets]].{{ARTS1909|Wireless Appendix, p. 25}}
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In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul13|p. 293}}
 
In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul13|p. 293}}
  
 
Under the command of [[Claude Seymour]], on 8 March, 1915, ''Colne'' was among several destroyers that went to the aid of the mined {{UK-Ocean|f=t}}, seeing {{UK-Chelmer}} rescue 500 men.{{HardLying|pp. 77-8}}
 
Under the command of [[Claude Seymour]], on 8 March, 1915, ''Colne'' was among several destroyers that went to the aid of the mined {{UK-Ocean|f=t}}, seeing {{UK-Chelmer}} rescue 500 men.{{HardLying|pp. 77-8}}
 
==Radio==
 
In 1909, she became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with [[British Wireless Systems#Destroyer Set|Destroyer Sets]].{{ARTS1909|Wireless Appendix, p. 25}}
 
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==

Revision as of 13:35, 5 June 2019

H.M.S. Colne (1905)
Pendant Number: unknown[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Ordered: 1903-04 Programme[3]
Laid down: 21 Mar, 1904[4]
Launched: 21 May, 1905[5]
Commissioned: Jul, 1905[6]
Broken up: 1919[7]

H.M.S. Colne was one of 36 destroyers of the "River" class.

Service

On 11 April, 1907, she collided with H.M.S. Falcon in the English Channel. The two damaged vessels returned to Dover Pier.[8]

In 1909, Colne became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[9]

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.[10]

Under the command of Claude Seymour, on 8 March, 1915, Colne was among several destroyers that went to the aid of the mined battleship Ocean, seeing Chelmer rescue 500 men.[11]

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. 100.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
  8. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, April 12, 1907, Issue 38305, p.10.
  9. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. Wireless Appendix, p. 25.
  10. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 293.
  11. Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
  12. St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  13. St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  14. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 294.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 294.
  16. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
  17. The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 294.
  18. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216. Date inferred from "1913" in Service Record.
  19. The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 295.
  20. Birkett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 518.
  21. Poignand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/151. f. 555.
  22. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 296.
  23. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393.
  24. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393.
  25. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  26. Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  27. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 400.
  28. Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  29. Gardner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/60. f. 66.
  30. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393d.
  31. Gardner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/60. f. 66.
  32. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392n.
  33. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 761.
  34. Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.
  35. Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.

Bibliography


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Usk Derwent Eden Foyle Itchen
Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
Arun Blackwater Waveney Chelmer Colne
Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
Ure Wear Liffey Moy Ouse
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  Rother Stour Test  
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