HMS Shark (1894)

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

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Shark
Launched:	1894
Fate:	Sold, 1911
General characteristics
Class and 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 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.^[1]

In 1902 she served in the Channel Squadron,^[2] and took part in the Coronation Review for King Edward VII.

References

↑ "Navel & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 1 February 1900. (36054), p. 6.
↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Saturday, 21 June 1902. (36800), p. 12.

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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