NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Stour	N08, D30, D80, H83		Laird, Birkenhead	12.1904	3.6.1905	12.1909	sold 8.1919
Test	N34, D32, D87, H84		Laird, Birkenhead	9.1905	14.1.1907	12.1909	sold 8.1919

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	550
Displacement full, t	620
Length, m	69.1 oa 67.1 pp
Breadth, m	7.21
Draught, m	2.70
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Parsons steam turbines, 4 Normand boilers
Power, h. p.	7000
Max speed, kts	25.5
Fuel, t	coal 130
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/40 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 3 x 1 - 76/28 12pdr 12cwt QF Mk I, 2 x 1 - 450 TT (4)
Complement	70

Project history

A number of firms had laid down 'River' class hulls in expectation of receiving orders, and when further orders were cancelled they were left on the builders' hands. Initially the Admiralty would have nothing to do with the problem, but after the loss of Gala and Blackwater it was decided to buy them at £50,000 each (as compared with a cost of £67,000-£87,000 for the original 'Rivers'). They ran trials satisfactorily in October 1909 and were bought two months later.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.