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HMS Shark (1894)
Career Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom
Name: HMS Shark
Launched: 1894
Fate: Sold, 1911
General characteristics
Class & type: Rocket-class 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

HMS Shark was a Rocket-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Clydebank in 1894, served in home waters and was sold in 1911.

References[]

  • Manning, Captain T.D. The British Destroyer. Godfrey Cave Associates. ISBN 0-906223-13-X. 


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