HMS Boomerang (1889)
HMS Whiting, Sharpshooter class torpedo gunboat, Torpedo gunboat
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HMS Boomerang was an Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Whiting, built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and launched on 24 July 1889.[2] Renamed Boomerang on 2 April 1890, she formed part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She left the Australia Station on 22 August 1904. She was sold for Pds. 1900 in July 1905 at Portsmouth.[2]Six ships ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HMS Boomerang was an Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Whiting, built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and launched on 24 July 1889.[2] Renamed Boomerang on 2 April 1890, she formed part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She left the Australia Station on 22 August 1904. She was sold for Pds. 1900 in July 1905 at Portsmouth.[2]Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Whiting, after the common name for Merlangius merlangus, a species of fish:HMS Whiting was a 6-gun vessel captured in 1711 and sold in 1712.HMS Whiting was a 4-gun Ballahoo-class schooner launched in 1805 and captured by a French privateer in 1812.HMS Whiting was a 12-gun schooner, previously the USS Arrow. She was captured in 1812 and wrecked in 1816.
