HMS Angler (1897)

	Angler's sister ship Ariel
History
United Kingdom
Name	Angler
Ordered	1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates
Builder	John I Thornycroft, Chiswick
Yard number	313
Laid down	21 December 1895
Launched	2 February 1897
Commissioned	July 1898
Out of service	Laid up in reserve, 1919
Fate	Sold for breaking, 20 May 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Two funnel, 30 knot destroyer
Displacement	270 long tons (274 t) standard; 352 long tons (358 t) full load;
Length	210 ft (64 m) o/a
Beam	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Draught	7 ft 8 in (2.34 m)
Installed power	5,700 shp (4,300 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Thornycroft water tube boilers; 2 × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h)
Range	80 tons coal; 1,310 nmi (2,430 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h);
Complement	65 officers and men
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt Mark I L/40 gun on a P Mark I low angle mount; 5 × QF 6-pdr 8 cwt L/40 gun on a Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × single tubes for 18-inch (450 mm) torpedoes;
Service record
Operations:	World War I 1914 - 1918

HMS Angler was a two-funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates. She was the second ship to carry this name. She was launched in 1897, served at Chatham and Portsmouth and was sold for breaking in 1920.

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