| 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 |
Above photo is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
The Marine Engineer, September 1896