HMS Observer

Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Observer:

• HMS Observer, a sloop of 10 guns, was the Massachusetts privateer Amsterdam, which HMS Amphitrite captured on 19 October 1781.^[1] Observer was sold on 21 October 1784.
• HMS Observer, an Admiralty M class destroyer launched in 1916 and sold in 1921.
• HMS Observer, an O class destroyer renamed whilst under construction to HMS Oribi (G66) and launched in 1941. The ship was transferred to Turkey in 1946 and broken up in 1965.

See also

• HMS Observateur, a French brig launched at Le Havre in 1800, captured in 1806 and sold in 1814.

Citations

1. The London Gazette: no. 12618. p. 66. 1 February 1785.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.