HMS Racoon (1887)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Racoon
Ordered	1885
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Cost	Hull: £60,600; Machinery: £31,000;
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
General characteristics
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)
Installed power	2,500 ihp (1,900 kW); 4,500 ihp (3,400 kW) forced draught;
Propulsion	Twin 2-cylinder compound steam engines; Four boilers; Twin screws;
Speed	17.5 kn (32.4 km/h)
Range	7,000 nmi (13,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement	176 men
Armament	Six 6-inch (152 mm) guns; Eight 3-pounder (47 mm) QF guns; Two machine guns; One light gun; One 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tube; Four torpedo carriages;
Armour	deck: .375 in (9.5 mm); Gunshields: 1 in (25 mm); Conning tower: 3 in (76 mm);

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]

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]

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[edit]

^ ^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. OCLC 52620555.
^ ^a ^b HMS Racoon at Naval History
^ 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[edit]

Patience, Kevin (1994), Zanzibar and the Shortest War in History, Bahrain: Kevin Patience, p. 23

External links[edit]

Media related to HMS Racoon (ship, 1887) at Wikimedia Commons

[RW-1] ^ ^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. OCLC 52620555.

[naval-2] HMS Racoon at Naval History

[3] Patience 1994, p. 11.

[4] Patience (1994)

[5] "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36437. London. 24 April 1901. p. 11.

[6] "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36501. London. 8 July 1901. p. 6.

[7] Archer Class at Battleships-Cruisers

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Archer Brisk Cossack Mohawk Porpoise Racoon Serpent Tartar
Preceded by: Scout class Followed by: Marathon class
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