| Name: | PANTHER |
| Type: | Torpedo Cruiser |
| Keel: | 11/09/1884 |
| Launched: | 13/06/1885 |
| Completed: | 16/12/1885 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 480 |
| Dimensions: | 1552disp, 224.0 x 34.9 x 14.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x C2cyl (34 & 68 x ?ins), 4628ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 12cm, 4 x 1 x 4.7cm guns; 4 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 16/12/1885 | Austro-Hungarian Navy |
| 1920 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Armament was provided by Krupp at Essen |
| Designed to counter the threat of torpedo armed Destroyers | |
| 1920: At the end of WW1 she was ceded to the UK as war reparation | |
| 1920: Broken up at Messina, Italy |
PANTHER ready for launch. Above photo is copyright of Northumberland County Council Archives
The launch party for PANTHER. Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Archives
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship