HMS Otranto

Sunk

Type	Armed merchant cruiser
War	First World War
Main guns	8 × 4.7″ guns

Armed liner with Cradock at Coronel; withdrew early. Lost in a collision in 1918.

Reproduction ID: G10736 Maker: Bedford Lemere & Co Date: 1909 Materials: gelatine dry plate Photo: Orient_Line_passenger_ship_SS_'Otranto'.jpg: [collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/20460.html {{{1}}}] derivative work: Motacilla (talk), Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

8 × 4.7 in (120 mm) guns

Builder	Workman, Clark and Company, Belfast
Laid down	c. 1908
Launched	27 March 1909
Commissioned	14 August 1914
Length	535 ft 4 in (163.2 m)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

27 March 1909

Battle of Coronel

Escaped

1 November 1914

Withdrew early

Fate

Sunk

Sank after collision, 6 October 1918