HMS Niger

Type:
Torpedo Gunboat
Class:
Builder:
Naval Construction &
Armament Co. Ltd.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
December 17, 1892
Keel Laid:
September 17, 1891
Completed:
April 25, 1893
Fate:
Sunk Nov. 11, 1914 torpedoed by SMS U-12 (Kapitänleutnant Walter Forstmann)

Location: North Sea 2 miles east of Deal, England.
(51.14N-01.27E)

15 men lost.
(Roll of Honour)
Notes:
Converted into a minesweeper in 1909.


Builder's Data
Page published Jan. 30, 2020