Name: | RANGER |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 17/09/1894 |
Launched: | 04/10/1895 |
Completed: | 16/03/1896 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 327 |
Dimensions: | 310disp - 350disp, 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 18.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
1896 | British Royal Navy |
20/05/1920 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the Sunfish Class also referred to as the Opossum Class |
1912: Reclassified as a member of the A Class | |
20/05/1920: Sold to Riddle & Co for breaking up |
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