HMS Ribble (1904)
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HMS Ribble was a Yarrow-type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1901 – 1902 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Ribble in northern England, she was the first ship to carry th
HMS Teviot, sister-ship to Ribble
French battleship Bouvet
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Bouvet was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy that was built in the 1890s. She was a member of a group of five broadly similar battleships, along with Charles Martel, Jauréguiberry, Carno
HMS Ribble (1904)
…in the British Mediterranean Fleet in November 1914 accompanying Triumph in support of the Dardanelles Campaign. On 17 March 1915, she closed on the French battleship Bouvet after she struck a mine in the Dardanelles. On 25 April 1915, under the command of Lieutenant Commander R W Wilkinson, she supported the landings at…
French battleship Bouvet
Illustration of Charles Martel, which formed the basis for Bouvet's design
Bouvet early in her career
Bouvet at anchor, c. June 1912