Niger
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Niger |
Builder | Naval Construction & Armament, Barrow |
Laid down | 17 September 1891 |
Launched | 17 December 1892 |
Commissioned | 25 April 1893 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk, 11 November 1914 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Alarm-class torpedo gunboat |
Displacement | 810–835 long tons (823–848 t) |
Length | 74 m (242 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 33 m (108 ft 3 in) |
Draught | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in) |
Propulsion | 2 three-cylinder steam engines |
Speed | 18.7 knots (34.6 km/h; 21.5 mph) |
Complement | 91 |
Armament |
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HMS Niger was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892, converted to a minesweeper in 1909, and sunk in 1914 by the German submarine SM U-12 near Deal.