HMS Karrakatta (1889)

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

Sister-ship HMS Boomerang
Career
Name: HMS Wizard (1889–1890)
HMS Karrakatta (1890–1905)
Builder: Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear
Launched: 27 August 1889
Fate: sold in July 1905 at Portsmouth.
General characteristics
Type: Torpedo gunboat
Displacement: 735 tons
Length: 242 ft (74 m)
Beam: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power: 3,600 ihp (2,700 kW)
Propulsion:
  • Twin triple-expansion steam engines
  • Locomotive boilers
  • Twin screws
(later re-boilered with water-tube boilers)
Speed: 19 kn (35 km/h)
Complement: 91
Armament:

HMS Karakatta (or Karrakatta) was an Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Wizard, built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and launched on 27 August 1889.[2] Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Karrakatta, 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 4 December 1903. She was sold for £1875 in July 1905 at Portsmouth.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Winfield, Rif; Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555. 
  2. ^ a b Bastock 1988, p.105.

References

Sharpshooter · Spanker · Speedwell · Seagull · Salamander · Sheldrake · Skipjack · Boomerang · Karakatta · Plassey · Assaye · Gossamer · Gleaner
Preceded by: Grasshopper class  · Followed by: Alarm class
List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy