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==Service==
 
==Service==
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Commissioned at Sheerness on 14 February, 1891.{{NLMar92|p. 205}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 14:27, 10 August 2023

H.M.S. Boomerang (1889)
Builder: Armstrong Mitchell[1]
Laid down: 17 Aug, 1888[2]
Launched: 24 Jul, 1889[3]
Completed: 14 Feb, 1891[4]
Sold: 11 Jul, 1905[5]

H.M.S. Boomerang was one of thirteen Sharpshooter class torpedo gunboats

Service

Commissioned at Sheerness on 14 February, 1891.[6]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 305.
  2. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 305.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 89.
  5. Lyon; Winfield. The Steam & Sail List. p. 305.
  6. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 205.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 205.
  8. Hale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/222. f. 234.
  9. Hale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42/222. f. 234.
  10. Smyth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/287. ff. 227, 287.
  11. The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 286.
  12. Smyth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/287. ff. 227, 287.

Bibliography


Sharpshooter Class Torpedo Gunboat
Royal Navy Ships
Boomerang Gleaner Gossamer Karakatta Salamander
  Seagull Sharpshooter Sheldrake  
  Skipjack Spanker Speedwell  
Royal Indian Marine Ships
  Assaye Plassey  
<– Grasshopper Class Torpedo Gunboats (UK) Alarm Class –>