HMS Ranger (1895)

Ranger in 1895–1897
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ranger
Ordered	7 February 1894
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn
Laid down	17 September 1894
Launched	4 October 1895
Commissioned	June 1896
Fate	Sold for scrap on 20 May 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Hawthorn Leslie "Twenty-seven knotter"
Displacement	310 long tons (310 t) light 340 long tons (350 t) full load
Length	204 ft 0 in (62.18 m) oa
Beam	19 ft 0 in (5.79 m)
Draught	8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
Installed power	4,000 ihp (3,000 kW)
Propulsion	8 × White water tube boilers 2× multiple expansion steam engines driving 2 shafts
Speed	27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph) (contract speed)
Range	1,175 nmi (2,176 km; 1,352 mi) at 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement	53
Armament	1 × 12-pdr gun 3 × 6-pdr guns 2 × 18-inch torpedo tubes

HMS Ranger was a "twenty-seven knotter" torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. Built by the Tyneside shipbuilder Hawthorn Leslie, Opossum was one of three destroyers built by Hawthorns that were ordered in 1894. She was launched in 1895 and completed in 1896. She remained in service during the First World War, where she was used for local patrol duties. She was sold for scrap in 1920.