H.M.S. Colne (1905)
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H.M.S. Colne (1905) | |
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Pendant Number: | unknown[1] |
Builder: | Thornycroft[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
In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.[8]
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.[9]
Radio
In 1909, she became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Francis G. St. John, 3 August, 1905[11] – 1 December, 1905[12]
- Commander Charles J. Collins, 28 May, 1906[13]
- Lieutenant & Commander Ernest E. Parker, 1907[14] – 31 December, 1909[15][16]
- Lieutenant & Commander Hugh T. England, 31 December, 1909[17][18] – 1 January, 1913[19]
- Lieutenant-Commander M. Brock Birkett, September, 1913[20] – 21 February, 1914[21]
- Lieutenant-Commander Charles A. Poignand, 1 January, 1914[22] – 7 April, 1914[23]
- Commander Claude Seymour, 7 April, 1914[24] – 14 October, 1915[25]
- Commander Theodore E. J. Bigg, 14 October, 1915[26][27] – 13 January, 1916[28]
- Lieutenant in Command Lewes G. Gardner, 9 May, 1916[29] – 1917[Inference]
- Lieutenant in Command Arthur C. Allen, 7 July, 1917[30] – 1918[Inference]
- Lieutenant in Command Thomas A. Benskin, 14 October, 1918[31]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 59.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 100.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 293.
- ↑ Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
- ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. Wireless Appendix, p. 25.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 294.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 294.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 294.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 294.
- ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 294.
- ↑ England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216. Date inferred from "1913" in Service Record.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 295.
- ↑ Birkett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 518.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 296.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393.
- ↑ Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
- ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 400.
- ↑ Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393d.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392n.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 761.
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