HMS Otter (1896)

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

History
United Kingdom
NameOtter
Ordered1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
BuilderBarrow Shipbuilding Company and Vickers, Sons and Maxim, Barrow-in-Furness
Laid down9 June 1896
Launched23 November 1896
Commissioned27 March 1900
Out of serviceLaid up in 1916
Fate25 October 1916 sold for breaking in Hong Kong
General characteristics
Class and typeVickers three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer[1][2]
Displacement
  • 355 long tons (361 t) standard
  • 400 long tons (406 t) full load
Length214 ft 3 in (65.30 m) o/a
Beam20 ft (6.1 m)
Draught8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
Propulsion
Speed30 kn (56 km/h)
Range
  • 70 tons coal
  • 1,440 nmi (2,670 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement63
Armament

HMS Otter was a Vickers three-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895–1896 Naval Estimates. She was the fourth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1782 for a fire ship, sold in 1801.[3][4]

  1. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1905]. Jane’s Fighting Ships 1905. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1905, reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. p. 77.
  2. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990) [1919, reprinted]. Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 77. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.
  3. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1969) [1898]. Jane's All the World's Fighting Ships 1898. New York: first published by Sampson Low Marston, London 1898, reprinted ARCO Publishing Company. pp. 84 to 85.
  4. ^ Jane, Fred T. (1990) [1919, reprinted]. Jane’s Fighting Ships of World War I. Jane’s Publishing © 1919. p. 76. ISBN 1 85170 378 0.