Name: | OPOSSUM |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 17/05/1894 |
Launched: | 09/08/1895 |
Completed: | 08/01/1896 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 326 |
Dimensions: | 310disp - 340disp, 200.0 x 19.0 x 9.0(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (18.5, 28 & 42 x 18ins), 4000ihp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 27.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 1 x 12pdr, 5 x 1 x 6pdr guns; 2 x 1 x torpedoes |
History: | |
1896 | British Royal Navy |
29/07/1920 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Sunfish Class also referred to as the Opossum Class |
1912: Reclassified as a member of the A Class | |
29/07/1920: Sold to TW Ward at Preston for breaking up |
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Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
The Marine Engineer, September 1896