HMS Nith (1905)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Ness
Ordered	1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates
Builder	J. Samuel White, Cowes
Laid down	5 May 1904
Launched	7 March 1905
Commissioned	October 1905
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	23 July 1919 sold to Thos. W. Ward of Sheffield for breaking at Preston, Lancashire
General characteristics
Class and type	White Type River Class destroyer
Displacement	535 long tons (544 t) standard; 605 long tons (615 t) full load; 229 ft 6 in (69.95 m) o/a; 23 ft 10 in (7.26 m) Beam; 10 ft (3.0 m) Draught;
Propulsion	4 × White-Forster type water tube boiler; 2 × Vertical Triple Expansion (VTE) steam engines driving 2 shafts producing 7,000 shp (5,200 kW) (average);
Speed	25.5 kn (47.2 km/h)
Range	135 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, mounting G Mark I (Added in 1906); 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt (removed in 1906); 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450mm) 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

HMS Nith was a White Type River Class Destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903–1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Nith in southern Scotland, on the West Coast, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.

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