HMS Racoon (1887)
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Name | HMS Racoon |
Ordered | 1885[1] |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
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Laid down | 1 February 1886 |
Launched | 6 May 1887 |
Commissioned | 1 March 1888 |
Decommissioned | 1 January 1905 |
Fate | Sold to G Cohen on 4 April 1905[1] |
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Class and type | Archer-class torpedo cruiser |
Displacement | 1770 tons |
Length | 140 ft (43 m) |
Beam | 36 ft (11 m) |
Draught | 13.5 ft (4.1 m) |
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Speed | 17.5 kn (32.4 km/h)[1] |
Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
Complement | 176 men |
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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]
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The Crisis at Zanzibar, British War-Ships engaged in the Bombardment of the Sultan's Palace, Racoon (right side, foreground)
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]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Showing_33_slaves_captured_by_the_boats_of_the_%27Racoon%27_RMG_E9086.jpg/220px-Showing_33_slaves_captured_by_the_boats_of_the_%27Racoon%27_RMG_E9086.jpg)
Showing 33 slaves captured by the boats of the Racoon in 1901
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[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Patience 1994, p. 11.
- ^ Patience (1994)
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36437. London. 24 April 1901. p. 11.
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36501. London. 8 July 1901. p. 6.
- ^ Archer Class at Battleships-Cruisers
Bibliography[]
Patience, Kevin (1994), Zanzibar and the Shortest War in History, Bahrain: Kevin Patience, p. 23
External links[]
Media related to HMS Racoon (ship, 1887) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1887 ships
- Ships built in Plymouth, Devon
- Archer-class cruisers
- Victorian-era naval ships of the United Kingdom