Name HMS Shark Class and type Rocket-class destroyer Launched 1894 | Fate Sold, 1911 Displacement 280 long tons (284 t) Length 61 m | |
Propulsion Normand boilers, 4,100 hp (3,057 kW) Speed 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) | ||
HMS Shark was a Rocket-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Clydebank in 1894, served in home waters and was sold in 1911.
Service history
Shark served in the Devonport instructional flotilla, when in early February 1900 she was transferred to become tender to the HMS Cambridge, gunnery ship off Plymouth.
In 1902 she served in the Channel Squadron, and took part in the Coronation Review for King Edward VII on 16 August 1902, with lieutenant A. S. Susmann temporarily in command from 8 August.
References
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