| Name: | KALE |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 16/02/1904 |
| Launched: | 08/11/1904 |
| Completed: | 07/08/1905 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 396 |
| Dimensions: | 550 - 625disp, 220.0 x 23.6 x 10.9(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (20.5, 31 & 48 x 19.5ins), 7000shp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 26.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 12pdr QF, 5 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 07/08/1905 | British Royal Navy |
| 27/03/1918 | Sank |
| Comments: | A River Class Destroyer |
| 1906: Gun armament changed to 4 x 1 x 12pdr QF guns | |
| 1913: Reclassified as a member of the E Class | |
| 27/03/1918: Sunk by a mine in the North Sea |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Archive and Museums
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 09/11/1904