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[1][2]
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.