HMS Niger (1892)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Niger.

Niger
History
United Kingdom
NameNiger
BuilderNaval Construction & Armament, Barrow
Laid down17 September 1891
Launched17 December 1892
Commissioned25 April 1893
FateTorpedoed and sunk, 11 November 1914
General characteristics
Class and typeAlarm-class torpedo gunboat
Displacement810–835 long tons (823–848 t)
Length74 m (242 ft 9 in)
Beam33 m (108 ft 3 in)
Draught8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Propulsion2 three-cylinder steam engines
Speed18.7 knots (34.6 km/h; 21.5 mph)
Complement91
Armament
  • two fixed and movable 360 mm torpedo tubes
  • a QF 4.7-inch gun Mk I-IV
  • a Gardner machine gun

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.