HMS Racoon (1887)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Racoon.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Racoon
Ordered1885[1]
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Cost
  • Hull: £60,600
  • Machinery: £31,000[1]
Laid down1 February 1886
Launched6 May 1887
Commissioned1 March 1888
Decommissioned1 January 1905
FateSold to G Cohen on 4 April 1905[1]
General characteristics
Class & typeArcher-class torpedo cruiser
Displacement1770 tons
Length140 ft (43 m)
Beam36 ft (11 m)
Draught13.5 ft (4.1 m)
Installed power
  • 2,500 ihp (1,900 kW)
  • 4,500 ihp (3,400 kW) forced draught
Propulsion
  • Twin 2-cylinder compound steam engines
  • Four boilers
  • Twin screws
Speed17.5 kn (32.4 km/h)[1]
Range7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement176 men
Armament
Armour

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][3] She served on the East Indies Station where, on 27 August 1896, she was involved in the bombardment of Sultan Khalid's palace during the 40 minute Anglo–Zanzibar War.[4]

In early May 1901 Racoon returned to the United Kingdom,[5] and was paid off at Sheerness on 6 July 1901.[6]

She was decommissioned on 1 January 1905 and sold for scrap.[2][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
  2. ^ a b HMS Racoon at Naval History
  3. ^ Patience 1994, p. 11.
  4. ^ Patience (1994)
  5. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36437. London. 24 April 1901. p. 11.
  6. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36501. London. 8 July 1901. p. 6.
  7. ^ Archer Class at Battleships-Cruisers

Bibliography

Patience, Kevin (1994), Zanzibar and the Shortest War in History, Bahrain: Kevin Patience, p. 23

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