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HMS Boomerang (1889)

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Boomerang anchored at Sydney in c. 1891–1905.
History
United Kingdom
NameWhiting
BuilderArmstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear[1]
Yard number545
Laid down17 August 1888
Launched24 July 1889
Completed14 February 1891
RenamedHMS Boomerang – 2 April 1890
FateSold 11 July 1905 at Portsmouth, Hampshire.
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo gunboat
Displacement735 tons
Length242 ft (74 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power3,600 ihp (2,700 kW)
Propulsion
  • Twin triple-expansion steam engines
  • Locomotive boilers
  • Twin screws
  • (later re-boilered with water-tube boilers)
Speed19 kn (35 km/h)
Complement91
Armament

HMS Boomerang was an Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Whiting, built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and launched on 24 July 1889.[3] Renamed Boomerang on 2 April 1890, she formed part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station.

Service details

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Boomerang arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. Lieutenant and commander Edward Matthew Hale was appointed in command on 15 February 1900.[4]

She left the Australia Station on 22 August 1904. She was sold for £1,900 in July 1905 at Portsmouth.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "HMS Boomerang (1891)". tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  2. ^ Winfield (2004) p.305
  3. ^ a b Bastock 1988, p.105.
  4. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36052. London. 30 January 1900. p. 11.

References

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  • Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. ISBN 0-86777-348-0
  • Brown, Les (2023). Royal Navy Torpedo Vessels. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-3990-2285-9.
  • Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.