H.M.S. Colne (1905)

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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

She and ten other "Rivers" of the Devonport Reserve followed the scout cruiser H.M.S. Skirmisher from Plymouth on 21 August 1905 for a practice cruise along the Devon and Cornish coasts.[8]

On 11 April, 1907, she collided with H.M.S. Falcon in the English Channel. The two damaged vessels returned to Dover Pier.[9]

In 1909, Colne became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[10]

On 1 July 1913, she left Malta for Corfu with eight other destroyers under the lead of the torpedo gunboat Hussar.[11] On 4 July, the destroyers left Corfu for Platea, sans Hussar.[12]

In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.[13]

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.[14]

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), Tuesday, August 22, 1905, Issue 37792, p.9.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, April 12, 1907, Issue 38305, p.10.
  10. Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1909. Wireless Appendix, p. 25.
  11. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 3, 1913, Issue 40254, p.6.
  12. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, July 7, 1913, Issue 40257, p.6.
  13. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 293.
  14. Smith. Hard Lying. pp. 77-8.
  15. St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  16. St. John Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/83. f. 90.
  17. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 294.
  18. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 294.
  19. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216.
  20. The Navy List. (August, 1913). p. 294.
  21. England Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/69. ff. 36, 216. Date inferred from "1913" in Service Record.
  22. The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 295.
  23. Birkett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 518.
  24. Poignand Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/151. f. 555.
  25. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 296.
  26. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393.
  27. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393.
  28. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  29. Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  30. The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 400.
  31. Bigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/9. f. 10.
  32. Gardner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/60. f. 66.
  33. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 393d.
  34. Gardner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/60. f. 66.
  35. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 392n.
  36. The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 761.
  37. Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.
  38. Longford Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/15. f. 15.

Bibliography


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Kennet Jed Welland Cherwell Dee
Arun Blackwater Waveney Chelmer Colne
Gala Garry Ness Nith Swale
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