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On 30 August 1912 the
Admiralty directed that all destroyer classes were to be designated by letters. The ships of the River class were assigned to the E class and after 30 September 1913, she was known as an E-class destroyer and had the letter ‘E’ painted on the hull below the bridge area and on
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She was laid down on 4 July 1902 at the Yarrow shipyard at Poplar and launched on 19 March 1904. Her build was completed in June 1904. Her original armament was to be the same as the turtleback torpedo boat destroyers that preceded her. In 1906 the
Admiralty decided to upgrade the armament by
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fitting three 12-pounder 8 hundredweight (cwt) guns instead of the five 6-pounder guns. Two were mounted abeam at the foc's'le break, and the third gun was mounted on the quarterdeck.
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In 1919 she returned to home waters, was paid off and laid up in reserve awaiting disposal. On 29 July 1920 she was sold to
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On 27 April 1908 the
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On 25 April 1915, under the command of
Lieutenant Commander R W Wilkinson, she supported the landings at
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After commissioning she was assigned to the East Coast
Destroyer Flotilla of the 1st Fleet and based at
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of
Sheffield for breaking, appropriately given her name, on the River Ribble at Preston, Lancashire.
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in northern
England, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.
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ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1901 – 1902 Naval
Estimates. Named after the
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to latitude 38°30’E, a distance of 200 nautical miles, and including the port of
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was assigned to patrol duties under the command of the commodore at Hong Kong.
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She was awarded the battle honour "Dardanelles 1915 - 1916" for her service
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510:. She remained in the Mediterranean until the end of the war.
506:. At this time she was based at Port Iero on the island of
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1,620 nmi (3,000 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
615:"Naval Matters–Past and Prospective: Sheerness Dockyard".
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Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M., eds. (1979).
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Patrol enforcing the blockade of the Turkish coast from
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and holed her below the waterline. She had to put into
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756:Gardiner, Robert & Gray, Randal, eds. (1985).
758:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921
677:Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905
541:. New York: ARCO Publishing Company. p. 75.
633:. Conway Maritime Press. 2006. pp. 17–19.
425:In July 1914 she was on China Station based at
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703:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
8:
480:after she struck a mine in the Dardanelles.
598:"A Naval Collision: British Destroyer Sunk"
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1250:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1908
556:. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76.
19:For other ships with the same name, see
718:Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J. J. (1972).
617:The Marine Engineer and Naval Architect
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328:Assigned E Class – Aug 1912 – Oct 1913
27:
741:. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing.
414:In 1909/1910 she was assigned to the
182:231 ft 4 in (70.51 m)
54:
7:
1209:List of destroyers of the Royal Navy
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554:Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I
473:On 17 March 1915, she closed on the
322:East Coast Destroyer Flotilla – 1905
201:7 ft 2.5 in (2.197 m)
172:660 long tons (671 t) full load
288:, mounting G Mark I (added in 1906)
169:590 long tons (599 t) standard
193:23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
14:
760:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
679:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
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840:River-class (E-class) destroyers
55:
31:
1710:Ships built on the River Thames
422:either the fore or aft funnel.
141:Sold for breaking, 29 July 1920
462:in November 1914 accompanying
228:2 × vertical triple-expansion
209:7,000 shp (5,200 kW)
1:
722:. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan.
244:25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
539:Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905/6
454:, she was redeployed to the
779:. London: Putnam & Co.
619:. 1 June 1908. p. 441.
604:. 30 April 1908. p. 3.
460:British Mediterranean Fleet
279:QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I
80:1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates
16:Destroyer of the Royal Navy
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1715:Maritime incidents in 1908
796:. London: Seeley Service.
720:British Warships 1914–1919
586:. 12 June 1908. p. 5.
304:18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes
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792:March, Edgar J. (1966).
146:General characteristics
775:Manning, T. D. (1961).
697:; Warlow, Ben (2006) .
578:"Destroyer Cut In Half"
537:Jane, Fred T. (1969) .
155:Yarrow-type River-class
133:Dardanelles 1915 - 1916
1700:River-class destroyers
552:Jane, Fred T. (1990).
456:5th Destroyer Flotilla
332:5th Destroyer Flotilla
777:The British Destroyer
361:River-class destroyer
1353:City of Medicine Hat
490:By 10 February 1916
468:Dardanelles Campaign
325:China Station – 1910
447:and the sinking of
403:then collided with
286:QF 12-pounder 8 cwt
281:, mounting P Mark I
267:70 officers and men
1413:Falls of Halladale
583:Poverty Bay Herald
475:French battleship
466:in support of the
359:was a Yarrow-type
293:QF 6-pounder 8 cwt
254:130 tons coal
224:water tube boilers
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710:978-1-86176-281-8
443:With the fall of
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41:, sister-ship to
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164:Displacement
112:Commissioned
70:
42:
38:
25:
1485:Magnus Mail
1300:Monongahela
494:was on the
347:1914 - 1918
345:World War I
341:Operations:
298:2 × single
221:Yarrow type
128:Honours and
99:4 July 1902
1705:1904 ships
1694:Categories
1526:Saint Paul
1343:Matsushima
1278:Emily Reed
1257:Shipwrecks
1068:Blackwater
524:References
485:ANZAC Cove
264:Complement
214:Propulsion
21:HMS Ribble
1623:USS
1584:Mayflower
1582:USS
1573:Vengeance
1571:HMS
1564:HMS
1553:HMS
1542:HMS
1537:Attentive
1535:HMS
1504:HMS
1432:USS
1331:HMS
1322:Gladiator
1320:HMS
1309:HMS
1298:USS
1287:HMS
802:164893555
500:Cape Kaba
449:SMS
431:HMS
427:Hong Kong
409:Sheerness
394:Attentive
158:destroyer
115:June 1904
96:Laid down
1632:27 Sep:
1621:23 Sep:
1611:26 Aug:
1601:12 Aug:
1591:26 Jul:
1580:22 Jul:
1562:13 Jun:
1533:27 Apr:
1523:25 Apr:
1492:23 Mar:
1472:19 Jan:
1451:25 Dec:
1441:12 Dec:
1423:Sardinia
1420:25 Nov:
1410:14 Nov:
1403:Neustria
1393:Yarmouth
1390:27 Oct:
1380:20 Sep:
1370:26 Aug:
1360:18 Jul:
1340:30 Apr:
1329:27 Apr:
1318:25 Apr:
1296:17 Mar:
1285:18 Feb:
1275:14 Feb:
1268:Favorite
935:Cherwell
317:Part of:
272:Armament
234:2 shafts
104:Launched
91:, Poplar
1655:Mataafa
1645:Derwent
1614:Etruria
1566:Revenge
1551:4 May:
1513:9 Apr:
1506:Berwick
1502:2 Apr:
1495:Sangola
1475:Finland
1454:Advance
1430:4 Dec:
1373:Dunearn
1350:7 Jun:
1307:2 Apr:
1265:5 Feb:
1190:D class
1124:Chelmer
1012:Welland
921:Ettrick
872:Waveney
858:Derwent
848:Derwent
785:6470051
464:Triumph
458:in the
445:Qingdao
433:Triumph
386:Harwich
198:Draught
89:Yarrows
85:Builder
77:Ordered
50:History
1625:Yankee
1604:Hebble
1544:Ribble
1434:Yankee
1110:Kennet
1100:Kennet
1075:Liffey
1054:Itchen
998:Teviot
991:Ribble
981:Ribble
949:Rother
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508:Lesbos
504:Smyrna
496:Smyrna
492:Ribble
477:Bouvet
438:Ribble
405:Ribble
356:Ribble
179:Length
130:awards
71:Ribble
43:Ribble
39:Teviot
1444:Ellen
1311:Tiger
1168:Stour
1159:class
1157:Stour
1131:Colne
1102:class
1047:Foyle
1039:class
1037:Foyle
1026:Garry
983:class
956:Swale
906:class
879:Boyne
850:class
451:Emden
300:tubes
249:Range
241:Speed
1681:1909
1668:1907
1635:Oleg
1363:Aeon
1333:Gala
1289:Hero
1175:Test
1145:Nith
1138:Ness
1089:Ouse
1061:Arun
1019:Gala
970:Wear
914:Erne
904:Erne
893:Kale
886:Doon
865:Eden
798:OCLC
781:OCLC
762:ISBN
743:ISBN
724:ISBN
705:ISBN
681:ISBN
635:ISBN
558:ISBN
400:Gala
354:HMS
302:for
291:5 ×
284:3 ×
277:1 ×
219:4 ×
190:Beam
138:Fate
123:1919
67:Name
37:HMS
1516:Eva
1117:Jed
1082:Moy
1005:Usk
963:Ure
942:Dee
928:Exe
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184:o/a
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