HMS Ouse

History
United Kingdom
Name	Ouse
Ordered	1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	22 March 1904
Launched	7 January 1905
Commissioned	September 1905
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	22 October 1919 sold to J.H. Lee for breaking
General characteristics
Class and type	Laird-type River-class destroyer
Displacement	550 long tons (559 t) standard; 625 long tons (635 t) full load;
Length	226 ft 6 in (69.04 m) o/a
Beam	23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Draught	7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow type water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 7,000 shp (5,200 kW) average;
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range	140 tons coal; 1,870 nmi (3,460 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 Mk I naval gun, mounting G Mark I (added in 1906); 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt naval gun (removed in 1906); 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Part of:	East Coast Destroyer Flotilla - 1905; 3rd Destroyer Flotilla - Apr 1909; 5th Destroyer Flotilla - 1912; Assigned E Class - Aug 1912 - Oct 1913; 9th Destroyer Flotilla - 1914; 7th Destroyer Flotilla - Aug 1915;
Operations:	World War I 1914 – 1918
Victories:	UC-70 – 28 Aug 1918; UB-115 – 29 Sep 1918;

HMS Ouse was a Laird type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Ouse in north east England near the city of York^{[citation needed]}, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.

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

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

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

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History

United Kingdom
Name	Ouse
Ordered	1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	22 March 1904
Launched	7 January 1905
Commissioned	September 1905
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	22 October 1919 sold to J.H. Lee for breaking
General characteristics
Class and type	Laird-type River-class destroyer^[1]^[2]
Displacement	550 long tons (559 t) standard 625 long tons (635 t) full load
Length	226 ft 6 in (69.04 m) o/a
Beam	23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Draught	7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Propulsion	4 × Yarrow type water tube boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 7,000 shp (5,200 kW) average
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range	140 tons coal 1,870 nmi (3,460 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 Mk I naval gun, mounting G Mark I (added in 1906) 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt naval gun (removed in 1906) 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes
Service record
Part of:	East Coast Destroyer Flotilla - 1905 3rd Destroyer Flotilla - Apr 1909 5th Destroyer Flotilla - 1912 Assigned E Class - Aug 1912 - Oct 1913 9th Destroyer Flotilla - 1914 7th Destroyer Flotilla - Aug 1915
Operations:	World War I 1914 – 1918
Victories:	UC-70 – 28 Aug 1918 UB-115 – 29 Sep 1918