HMS Ribble (1904)

	HMS Teviot, sister-ship to Ribble
History
United Kingdom
Name	Ribble
Ordered	1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates
Builder	Yarrows, Poplar
Laid down	4 July 1902
Launched	19 March 1904
Commissioned	June 1904
Out of service	1919
Honours and; awards	Dardanelles 1915 - 1916
Fate	Sold for breaking, 29 July 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Yarrow-type River-class destroyer
Displacement	590 long tons (599 t) standard; 660 long tons (671 t) full load;
Length	231 ft 4 in (70.51 m) o/a
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draught	7 ft 2.5 in (2.197 m)
Installed power	7,000 shp (5,200 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow type water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range	130 tons coal; 1,620 nmi (3,000 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	70 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I; 3 × QF 12-pounder 8 cwt, mounting G Mark I (added in 1906); 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt (removed in 1906); 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Part of:	East Coast Destroyer Flotilla – 1905; China Station – 1910; Assigned E Class – Aug 1912 – Oct 1913; 5th Destroyer Flotilla – December 1914;
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Ribble was a Yarrow-type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Ribble in northern England, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.

^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905, Sampson Low Marston, London]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905/6. New York: ARCO Publishing Company. p. 75.
^ Jane, Fred T. (1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.

[1] Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905, Sampson Low Marston, London]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905/6. New York: ARCO Publishing Company. p. 75.

[2] Jane, Fred T. (1990). Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.

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History
HMS Teviot, sister-ship to Ribble
United Kingdom
Name	Ribble
Ordered	1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates
Builder	Yarrows, Poplar
Laid down	4 July 1902
Launched	19 March 1904
Commissioned	June 1904
Out of service	1919
Honours and awards	Dardanelles 1915 - 1916
Fate	Sold for breaking, 29 July 1920
General characteristics ^[1]^[2]
Class and type	Yarrow-type River-class destroyer
Displacement	590 long tons (599 t) standard 660 long tons (671 t) full load
Length	231 ft 4 in (70.51 m) o/a
Beam	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Draught	7 ft 2.5 in (2.197 m)
Installed power	7,000 shp (5,200 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow type water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines 2 shafts
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range	130 tons coal 1,620 nmi (3,000 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement	70 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I, mounting P Mark I 3 × QF 12-pounder 8 cwt, mounting G Mark I (added in 1906) 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt (removed in 1906) 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes
Service record
Part of:	East Coast Destroyer Flotilla – 1905 China Station – 1910 Assigned E Class – Aug 1912 – Oct 1913 5th Destroyer Flotilla – December 1914
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918