British Royal Navy ordered building River-class destroyers according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1905-1906 no. 4

An item referred to the Marine Rundschau reporting that of the 14 destroyers part of the British naval program 1904-1904 one destroyer of the River-design was built by Yarrow as speculation and now bought by the Royal British Navy. The other destroyers were to be built using new designs and probably fitted out with turbines and achieving a speed of 30-36 miles.