HMS Ness (1905)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Ness
Ordered	1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates
Builder	J. Samuel White, Cowes
Laid down	5 May 1904
Launched	5 January 1905
Commissioned	August 1905
Out of service	Laid up in reserve 1919
Fate	27 May 1919 sold to T.R. Sales for breaking
General characteristics
Class & 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 Ness was a White Type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903 – 1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Ness in northern Scotland, flowing through Inverness, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy.