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HMS Boomerang (1889)

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Ship caption=HMS Boomerang anchored at Sydney in c. 1891–1905.
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Ship country=United Kingdom

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Ship name=HMS Whiting

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Ship builder= Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear^[1]

Ship laid down=17 August 1888

Ship yard number=545

Ship launched= 24 July 1889

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Ship completed=14 February 1891

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Ship renamed=HMS Boomerang - 2 April 1890

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Ship fate= sold 11 July 1905 at Portsmouth, Hampshire.

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Ship type=Torpedo gunboat

Ship displacement=735 tons

242|ft|m|abbr=on}}

27|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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8|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}

3600|ihp|kW|abbr=on}}

Ship propulsion=* Twin triple-expansion steam engines

Locomotive boilers
Twin screws
(later re-boilered with water-tube boilers)

19|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}

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Ship endurance=

Ship complement= 91

Ship sensors=

Ship EW=

14|in|mm|adj=on}} torpedo tubes (3 reloads)

Two QF {{convert|4.7|in|cm|adj=on}} guns
Four 3-pounder guns^[2]

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HMS Boomerang was an {{sclass-|Sharpshooter|torpedo gunboat|0}} 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

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 £1900 in July 1905 at Portsmouth.^[3]

Notes

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/B-Ships/boomerang1891.html|title=HMS Boomerang (1891)|publisher=www.tynebuiltships.co.uk|accessdate=5 Apr 2017}}
2. ^Winfield (2004) p.305
3. ^¹Bastock 1988, p.105.
4. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Tuesday |date=30 January 1900 |page_number=11 |issue=36052| }}

References

Bastock, John (1988), Ships on the Australia Station, Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. {{ISBN|0-86777-348-0}}
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External links

{{Commons category|HMS Boomerang (ship, 1889)}}{{Sharpshooter class torpedo gunboat}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Boomerang (1889), HMS}}{{UK-mil-ship-stub}}

5 : 1889 ships|Ships built by Armstrong Whitworth|Ships built on the River Tyne|Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboats|Victorian-era gunboats of the United Kingdom

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