HMS Observer

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

• HMS Observer (1781), a sloop of 10 guns, was the Massachusetts privateer Amsterdam, which HMS Amphitrite captured on 19 October 1781. Observer was sold on 21 October 1784.
• HMS Observer (1916), 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.

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.