HMS Racoon (1887)
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| Name: | HMS Racoon |
| Ordered: | 1885[1] |
| Builder: | Devonport Dockyard |
| Cost: |
Hull: £60,600 Machinery: £31,000[1] |
| Laid down: | 1 February 1886 |
| Launched: | 6 May 1887 |
| Commissioned: | 1 March 1888 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 January 1905 |
| Fate: | Sold to G Cohen on 4 April 1905[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1770 tons |
| Length: | 140 ft (43 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Draught: | 13.5 ft (4.1 m) |
| Installed power: | 2500 ihp (increased to 4,500 with forced draught) |
| Propulsion: |
Twin 2-cylinder compound steam engines Four boilers Twin screws |
| Speed: | 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h)[1] |
| Range: | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 176 men |
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HMS Racoon, sometimes spelled HMS Raccoon, was an Archer-class torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy. Racoon was laid down on 1 February 1886 and came into service on 1 March 1888.[2] On 27 August 1896 Racoon was involved in the bombardment of Sultan Khalid's palace during the 40 minute Anglo–Zanzibar War.[3] She was decommissioned on 1 January 1905 and sold for scrap.[2][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Winfield, Rif; Lyon, David (2003). The Sail and Steam Navy List, 1815-1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1861760326.
- ↑ Patience 1994, p. 11.
- ↑ Archer Class at Battleships-Cruisers
Bibliography
Patience, Kevin (1994), Zanzibar and the Shortest War in History, Bahrain: Kevin Patience
