H.M.S. Otter (1896)

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H.M.S. Otter (1896)
Pendant Number: unknown[1]
Builder: Vickers[2]
Ordered: 1895-96 Programme[3]
Laid down: 9 Jun, 1896[4]
Launched: 23 Nov, 1896[5]
Commissioned: Mar, 1900[6]
Broken up: 1916[7]

H.M.S. Otter was one of forty "C" class destroyers built for the Royal Navy — a "30 knotter".

Service

In July, 1904, complaints from Vice-Admiral Noel of the China Station about the condition of his T.B.s and T.B.D.s prompted a review of his assets by First Lord of the Admiralty Selborne. Within, it was noted that Otter's boilers had been re-tubed and her hull and machinery refitted in 1902.[8]

In mid-1913, Otter was still on the China Station.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  2. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 58.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  8. Letter from Selborne to Noel dated 15 July 1904 contained in Noel Papers at the National Maritime Museum. (NOE/5/2).
  9. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 351.
  10. Wilkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 175.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 287.
  12. Wilkin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 175.
  13. Corbett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/254. f. 280.
  14. The Navy List. (May, 1902). p. 287.
  15. After May, it would appear.
  16. The Navy List. (May, 1903). p. 287.
  17. Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  18. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 352.
  19. Kiddle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/207. f. 236.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 352.
  21. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 351.
  22. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  23. Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/177. f. 198.
  24. The Navy List. (August, 1912). p. 352.
  25. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 365.
  26. Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/124. f. 528.
  27. Russell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/124. f. 528.

Bibliography


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