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HMS Rocket (1894)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Rocket.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Rocket
Launched1894
FateSold, 1912
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement280 long tons (284 t)
Length200 ft (61 m)
PropulsionNormand boilers, 4,100 hp (3,057 kW)
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement53
Armament

HMS Rocket was a Template:Sclass- of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Clydebank in 1894, served mostly in home waters and was sold in 1912.

Service history

After her commission she served at the North America and West Indies Station under the command of Lieutenant Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson. She was ordered to return home in early 1902,[1] but was still in North American waters when she was reported to leave the head quarter at Bermuda for Halifax, Nova Scotia.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36696. London. 20 February 1902. p. 10. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  2. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36858. London. 28 August 1902. p. 4. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)

References

  • Manning, Captain T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X.


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