HMS Otter (1805)

Otter
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Otter
NamesakeLutra lutra, the otter
Ordered27 November 1802
BuilderPeter Atkinson of Hull
Laid downJuly 1803
Launched2 March 1805
Commissioned19 May 1805 at Sheerness
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Otter 18 Sept. 1810"[1]
Fate
  • Hulked at Pembroke in 1814
  • Sold 6 March 1828
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeMerlin-class ship sloop
Tons burthen3653294 (bm)
Length
  • 106 ft (32.3 m) (gundeck)
  • 87 ft 7 in (26.7 m) (keel)
Beam28 ft (8.5 m)
Depth of hold13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement121
Armament16 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Otter was a Royal Navy 16-gun Merlin-class sloop, launched in 1805 at Hull. She participated in two notable actions in the Indian Ocean and was sold in 1828.

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 243.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 259.