HMS Opossum & RFA Orangeleaf

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Opossum, 1895
Type: Torpedo Boat Destroyer ; Armament 1 x 12 pdr ; 5 x 6 pdr
Launched : 9 Aug 1895 ; Disposal date or year : 1920
Displacement: 320 tons
Complement: 50
Machinery notes: 4,000 FD ; Speed ; 28.2 knots ;
Notes:

26 Jun 1897 Present at the Naval Review at Spithead in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee.

Aug 1914 Devonport, in active commission. Tender to Vivid.


Orangeleaf, 1917
Type: Oiler (RFA);
Displacement: 5,000 tons
Taken into the Service : Jun 1917
Taken out of service : 1948.
Notes:

NL Jan 1921 based at Chatham (under management, (presumably by the RFA Service ?)).

see also : www.historicalrfa.org/rfa-orangeleaf-ships-details