HMS Welland (1904)

Career (United Kingdom)
Name: HMS Welland
Namesake: River Welland
Builder: Yarrow
Laid down: 1 October 1902
Launched: 14 April 1904
Completed: July 1904
Fate: Scrapped, 1920
General characteristics
Class and type: River-class destroyer
(Ribble sub-class)
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 Welland was a British River-class destroyer that saw service in World War I. She was launched in 1904, and sold for scrap in 1920.

Construction

The River class were a heterogeneous class of torpedo boat destroyers to various builders' designs. In Welland's case, she was a Ribble-class destroyer laid down on 1 October 1902 at Yarrows and launched on 14 April 1904.

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