HMS Rocket (1894)

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Rocket
Launched: 1894
Fate: Sold, 1912
General characteristics
Class and 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:

HMS Rocket was a Rocket-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Clydebank in 1894, served mostly in home waters and was sold in 1912.

Service history

After her commission she served at the North America and West Indies Station under the command of Lieutenant Adolphus Huddlestone Williamson. She was ordered to return home in early 1902,[1] but was still in North American waters when she was reported to leave the head quarter at Bermuda for Halifax, Nova Scotia.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36696). London. 20 February 1902. p. 10.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36858). London. 28 August 1902. p. 4.

References

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


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