Rocket-class destroyer

Class overview

Name:	Rocket class
Builders:	J & G Thomson, Clydebank
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Sunfish class
Succeeded by:	Sturgeon class
Built:	1894–1895
In commission:	1894–1920
Completed:	3
Scrapped:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Torpedo boat 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

Three Rocket-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. HMS Rocket, HMS Shark and HMS Surly were launched at Clydebank in 1894. The ships displaced 280 tons, were 200 ft (61 m) long and their Normand boilers produced 4,100 horsepower (3,100 kW). to give a top speed of 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph). They were armed with one 12-pounder and two torpedo tubes. They carried a complement of 53 officers and men.

References

Manning, 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

A-class destroyer

"26-knotter" type	Daring class Havock class Ferret class

"27-knotter" type	Ardent class Charger class Hardy class Janus class Salmon class Banshee class Fervent class Conflict class Handy class Sunfish class Rocket class Sturgeon class Swordfish class Zebra class

Followed by: B class List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

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