H.M.S. Otway (1909)

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H.M.S. Otway (1909)
Pendant Number: M.73
MI.88 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Launched: 1909[2]
Commissioned: 23 Nov, 1914[3]
Torpedoed: 23 Jul, 1917[4]
Fate: by UC 49

H.M.S. Otway was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Service

Armament

She was armed with:[5]

  • eight 6-in guns
  • two 6-pdrs

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  2. Wikipedia.
  3. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401r.
  4. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  6. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401v.
  7. Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
  8. Booty Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/173. f. 186.
  9. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 401v.
  10. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 97.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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