HMS Colne (1905)

Career (UK)
Class and type: River-class destroyer
Name: HMS Colne
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick
Laid down: 21 March 1904
Launched: 21 May 1905
Commissioned: 1 July 1905
Fate: Sold 1 January 1919
General characteristics
Displacement: 590 long tons (600 t)
Length: 231 ft 6 in (70.6 m)
Beam: 23 ft 6 in (7.2 m)
Draught: 10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion: 2 shafts, 2 × Parsons steam turbines
Speed: 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph)
Complement: 70
Armament:

HMS Colne was a River-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by John I. Thornycroft & Company, of Chiswick and launched on 21 May 1905. She was one of the Kennet subtype built by Thornycroft. She served in the Gallipoli Campaign during the First World War. She was sold in 1919.[1][2]

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