HMS Boomerang
Gunboat of the Royal Navy
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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.
NameWhiting
Yard number545
Laid down17 August 1888
Boomerang anchored at Sydney in c. 1891–1905. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Whiting |
| Builder | Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear[1] |
| Yard number | 545 |
| Laid down | 17 August 1888 |
| Launched | 24 July 1889 |
| Completed | 14 February 1891 |
| Renamed | HMS Boomerang – 2 April 1890 |
| Fate | Sold 11 July 1905 at Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Torpedo gunboat |
| Displacement | 735 tons |
| Length | 242 ft (74 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Installed power | 3,600 ihp (2,700 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 19 kn (35 km/h) |
| Complement | 91 |
| Armament |
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Service details
She was at Sheerness in April 1891.[4] Boomerang arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891.
She left the Australia Station on 22 August 1904. She was sold for £1,900 in July 1905 at Portsmouth.[3]
