HMS Colne
{{short description|Destroyer of the Royal Navy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} | Ship name=HMS Colne | Ship ordered=1903–1904 Naval Estimates | Ship builder= John I. Thornycroft & Company Chiswick | Ship laid down=21 March 1904 | Ship launched=21 May 1905 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=July 1905 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service=1919 laid up in reserve awaiting disposal | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship fate= 4 November 1919 sold to J.H. Lee for breaking at Dover | Ship honours= Dardanelles 1915–1916 | Ship badge= | Ship motto= | Ship identification= | Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header=no |Header caption= |Ship class= Thornycroft Type River class destroyer{{cite book|last=Jane|first=Fred T.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1905/6|orig-year=1905|year=1969|publisher=first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, Reprinted ARCO Publishing Company|location=New York|page=75}}{{cite book|last=Jane|first=Fred T.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I|year=1990|publisher=Jane's Publishing |orig-year=1919|isbn=1-85170-378-0|page=76}} |Ship displacement=*{{Convert|550|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard
|Ship propulsion=*4 × Thornycroft water tube boiler
|Ship speed= {{convert|25.5|kn|km/h|abbr=on}} |Ship range=*127 tons coal
| Ship complement= 70 officers and men | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I
| Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes= }}{{Infobox service record |is_ship=yes |is_multi= |label= |partof=*East Coast Destroyer Flotilla (1904)
|codes= |commanders= |operations=World War I |victories= |awards= }} |
HMS Colne was a Thornycroft Type River class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903–1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Colne in eastern England, north east of London, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.
Construction
She was laid down on 21 March 1904 at the John I. Thornycroft & Company shipyard at Chiswick and launched on 21 May 1905. She was completed in July 1905. Her original armament was to be the same as the Turleback torpedo boat destroyers that preceded her. In 1906 the Admiralty decided to upgrade the armament by landing the five 6-pounder naval guns and shipping three 12-pounder 8 hundredweight (cwt) guns. Two would be mounted abeam at the fo'c's'le break and the third gun would be mounted on the quarterdeck.
Pre-War
After commissioning she was assigned to the East Coast Destroyer Flotilla of the 1st Fleet and based at Harwich.
On 11 April 1907, Colne and the destroyer {{HMS|Falcon|1899|2}} collided in the Channel, badly damaging both ships.{{cite news|title=Destroyers in Collision: Both Badly Damaged|work=Evening Journal|location=Adelaide|date=12 April 1907|page=1|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/208611520|access-date=15 February 2017|archive-date=16 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216061718/http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/208611520|url-status=live}}
On 27 April 1908 the Eastern Flotilla departed Harwich for live fire and night manoeuvres. During these exercises {{HMS|Attentive|1904|6}} rammed and sank {{HMS|Gala|1905|6}}, then damaged {{HMS|Ribble|1904|6}}.
In 1909–1910 she was assigned to China Station.
On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter 'A'. The ships of the River class were assigned to the E class. 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 either the fore or aft funnel.{{cite book|title=Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1906 to 1922|year=1985|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|isbn=0-85177-245-5|pages=17–19}}
First World War
In July 1914 she was on China Station based at Hong Kong tendered to {{HMS|Triumph|1903|6}}.{{cite web |title=HMS Colne |website=Naval Database |url=http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/C/01030.html |access-date=18 June 2013 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903052412/http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/C/01030.html |url-status=dead }} She deployed with China Squadron to Tsingtao to blockade the German base. On 24 November 1914, after the Japanese declaration of war she returned to Hong Kong.{{cite journal |title=The Allied China Squadron |journal=The Naval Review |volume=III |number=2 |year=1915|pages=312–321 |url=http://www.naval-review.com/dispissue.asp?Year=1915&Iss=2&Pg=0 }} With the fall of Tsingtao and the sinking of the {{SMS|Emden|1908|6}}, she was redeployed to the 5th Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean Fleet in November 1914 accompanying HMS Triumph, to support the Dardanelles campaign.
On 3 March while inshore shelling a battery near Erenkeui, she was taken under fire by {{HMS|Amethyst|1903|6}}. {{HMS|Wolverine|1910|6}} informed the cruiser she was firing on Colne and she ceased fire. HMS Colne was not hit and suffered no casualties during this friendly fire incident.{{cite journal |title=Proceedings of HMS Amethyst while at the Dardanelles |journal=The Naval Review |volume=IV |number=1 |year=1916 |page=88 |url=http://www.naval-review.com/dispissue.asp?Year=1916&Iss=1&Pg=0}}
On 18 March 1915 she in conjunction with {{HMS|Jed|1904|6}} and {{HMS|Chelmer|1904|6}} assisted with the rescue of the crew of the battleship {{HMS|Ocean|1898|6}} after she struck a mine in the Dardanelles.{{cite web |title=World War I at Sea: Royal Navy Vessels Lost and Damaged, January–March 1915 |url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishBVLSaRN1501.htm |website=naval-history.net |access-date=18 June 2013 |archive-date=16 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116101143/http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritishBVLSaRN1501.htm |url-status=live }}
On 25 April 1915 under the command of Commander C. Seymour, she supported the landings at ANZAC Cove.
On 25 May 1915 she provided fire support for ground forces during their capture of some Turkish outpost trenches.
Disposition
In 1919 she returned to Home waters, was paid off and laid up in reserve awaiting disposal. On 4 November 1919 she was sold to J.H. Lee for breaking at Dover.{{cite web|title="Arrowsmith" List – Part 1 Destroyer Prototypes through "River" Class|url=http://www.gwpda.org/naval/s0420000.htm|access-date=1 June 2013|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305151626/http://gwpda.org/naval/s0420000.htm|url-status=live}}
She was awarded the Battle Honour "Dardanelles 1915–1916" for her service.{{cite web |title=Battle Honours and Single-Ship Actions, 1914-1918 with the ships - by name, type and honour |url=http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritish-Royal_Navy_Battle_Honours.htm |website=naval-history.net |access-date=22 September 2016 |archive-date=8 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908070120/http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritish-Royal_Navy_Battle_Honours.htm |url-status=live }}
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References
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Bibliography
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Category:River-class destroyers