HMS Rocket (1894)

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

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Rocket
Launched:	1894
Fate:	Sold, 1912
General characteristics
Class & type:	Rocket-class destroyer
Displacement:	280 long tons (284 t)
Length:	200 ft (61 m)
Propulsion:	Normand boilers, 4,100 hp (3,057 kW)
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement:	53
Armament:	1 × 12 pounder gun 2 × torpedo tubes

HMS Rocket was a Rocket-class destroyer 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, and was ordered to return home in early 1902.^[1]

Notes

↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 February 1902. (36696), p. 10.

References

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

Rocket-class destroyers

Rocket Shark Surly

Preceded by: Sunfish class Followed by: Sturgeon class List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

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