Name HMS Whiting Type Torpedo gunboat Draught 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) Length 74 m Displacement 666,800 kg Builder Armstrong Whitworth | Renamed HMS Boomerang (1890) Beam 27 ft (8.2 m) Launched 24 July 1889 Weight 746.8 tons Draft 2.59 m | |
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Fate sold in July 1905 at Portsmouth. | ||
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. 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.
She left the Australia Station on 22 August 1904. She was sold for £1900 in July 1905 at Portsmouth.
References
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