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H.M.S. Opossum (1895)
Pendant Number: D.12 (1914)
D.99 (Sep 1915), D. 62 (1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie[2]
Ordered: 1893-94[3]
Laid down: 17 Sep, 1894[4]
Launched: 9 Aug, 1895[5]
Commissioned: Mar, 1896[6]
Broken up: 1920[7]

H.M.S. Opossum was one of forty-two destroyers of the "A" class — a "27 knotter".

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  7. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 93.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 351.
  9. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 351.

Bibliography


"A" Class Destroyer
26 Knotters
  Havock Hornet Daring  
  Decoy Ferret Lynx  
27 Knotters
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Hasty Hardy Haughty Janus Lightning
Porcupine Salmon Snapper Banshee Contest
Dragon Conflict Teazer Wizard Fervent
Zephyr Handy Hart Hunter Opossum
Ranger Sunfish Rocket Shark Surly
  Skate Starfish Sturgeon  
  Spitfire Swordfish Zebra  
  Destroyers (UK) "B" Class –>