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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Colne'' (1905)|comm=Jul, 1905{{Conways1860|p. 100}} |fatedate=1919{{Conways1860|p. 100}} |order=1903-04 Programme{{Conways1860|p. 100}} |name=Colne |launch=21 May, 1905{{Conways1860|p. 100}} |builder=[[Thornycroft]]{{Conways1860|p. 100}} |laid=21 Mar, 1904{{Conways1860|p. 100}} |fate=Broken up |pend=unknown{{DittColl|p. 59}} |fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career> '''H.M.S. ''Colne''''' was one of 36 destroyers of the [[River Class Destroyer (1903)|"River" class]]. ==Service== In mid-1913, she was serving in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul13|p. 293}} Under the command of [[Claude Seymour]], on 8 March, 1915, ''Colne'' was among several destroyers that went to the aid of the mined {{UK-Ocean|f=t}}, seeing {{UK-Chelmer}} rescue 500 men.{{HardLying|pp. 77-8}} ==Radio== In 1909, she became one of forty-three destroyers so far fitted with [[British Wireless Systems#Destroyer Set|Destroyer Sets]].{{ARTS1909|Wireless Appendix, p. 25}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Colne''"> {{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Hugh Turnour England|nick=Hugh T. England|appt=31 December, 1909{{NLAug13|p. 294}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Miles Brock Birkett|nick=M. Brock Birkett|appt=September, 1913{{NLNov13|p. 295}}|end=21 February, 1914<ref>Birkett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 518.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Astley Poignand|nick=Charles A. Poignand|appt=1 January, 1914{{NLApr14|p. 296}}|ass=21 February, 1914<ref>Taken from predecessor. Birkett Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 518.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Claude Seymour|nick=Claude Seymour|appt=7 April, 1914{{NLOct15|p. 393}}|end=14 October, 1915<ref>Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/177.}} f. 198.</ref>}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Lewes George Gardner|nick=Lewes G. Gardner|appt=9 May, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 393''d''}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Arthur Cyril Allen|nick=Arthur C. Allen|appt=7 July, 1917{{NLNov17|p. 392''n''}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Thomas Arnold Benskin|nick=Thomas A. Benskin|appt=14 October, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 761}}}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Colne_(1905)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} <div name=fredbot:bib></div name=fredbot:bib> {{refend}} {{Footer River Class Destroyer (1903)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Colne}} {{CatShipDestroyer|UK}}

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