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'''H.M.S. ''Colne''''' was one of 36 destroyers of the [[River Class Destroyer (1903)|"River" class]].
 
'''H.M.S. ''Colne''''' was one of 36 destroyers of the [[River Class Destroyer (1903)|"River" class]].
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==Service==
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In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul13|p. 293}}
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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}}
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==Radio==
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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==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Colne''">
* {{LCommRN}} Charles A. Poignand, 1 January, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (April, 1914).  p. 296.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=William Hamilton Heath Sinclair Thomson|nick=William H. H. S. Thomson|appt=22 July, 1905|end=3 August, 1905|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Francis Gerald St. John|nick=Francis G. St. John|appt=3 August, 1905<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>|end=1 December, 1905<ref>St. John Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/83.|D7602428}} f. 90.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles James Collins|nick=Charles J. Collins|appt=28 May, 1906{{NLMar07|p. 294}}|end=September, 1907}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Ernest Edward Parker|nick=Ernest E. Parker|appt=September, 1907{{NLJan10|p. 294}}|end=31 December, 1909}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Hugh Turnour England|nick=Hugh T. England|appt=31 December, 1909<ref>England Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/69.|D7576657}} ff. 36, 216.</ref>{{NLAug13|p. 294}}|end=1 January, 1913<ref>England Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/69.|D7576657}} ff. 36, 216.  Date inferred from "1913" in Service Record.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Miles Brock Birkett|nick=M. Brock Birkett|appt=September, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 295}}|end=21 February, 1914<ref>Birkett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 518.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Astley Poignand|nick=Charles A. Poignand|appt=1 January, 1914<ref>Poignand Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/151.|D7604055}} f. 555.</ref>{{NLApr14|p. 296}}|ass=21 February, 1914<ref>Taken from predecessor.  Birkett Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 518.</ref>|end=7 April, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 393}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Claude Seymour|nick=Claude Seymour|appt=7 April, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 393}}|end=14 October, 1915<ref>Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/177.}} f. 198.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Theodore Evelyn Johnstone Bigg|nick=Theodore E. J. Bigg|appt=14 October, 1915<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>{{NLDec13|p. 400}}|end=13 January, 1916<ref>Bigg Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/9.|D7604603}} f. 10.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Lewes George Gardner|nick=Lewes G. Gardner|appt=9 May, 1916<ref>Gardner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/60.|D7604815}} f. 66.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 393''d''}}|end=7 July, 1917<ref>Gardner Service Record{{TNA|ADM 196/51/60.|D7604815}} f. 66.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Cyril Allen|nick=Arthur C. Allen|appt=7 July, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''n''}}|end=14 October, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Arnold Benskin|nick=Thomas A. Benskin|appt=14 October, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 761}}|end=c. September, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Terence Ackley Fitzmaurice Longford|nick=Terence A. F. Longford|appt=30 December, 1921<ref>Longford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/15.|D7576693}} f. 15.</ref>|end=2 January, 1924<ref>Longford Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/15.|D7576693}} f. 15.</ref>|note=TODO: this is for the fishery protection vessel of the same name}}
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-10-HMS_Colne.htm Transcribed Ship Logs at naval-history.net]
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Revision as of 13:28, 6 April 2018

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

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.

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

Bibliography


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Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
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