HMS Alarm (1892)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Alarm
BuilderSheerness Dockyard
Laid down25 June 1891
Launched13 September 1892
CompletedMarch 1894
FateScrapped 1907
General characteristics
Class and typeAlarm-class torpedo gunboat
Displacement810 long tons (820 t)
Length230 ft 0 in (70.10 m) pp
Beam27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Draught8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Installed power3,500 ihp (2,600 kW)
Propulsion
Speed18.7 kn (21.5 mph; 34.6 km/h)
Complement91
Armament
  • 2 × 4.7 in (120 mm) QF guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm ) guns
  • 1 × Gardiner machine gun
  • 5 × 14 inch torpedo tubes

HMS Alarm was a torpedo gunboat of the British Royal Navy and the name ship of her class. Alarm was built by Sheerness Dockyard from 1891–1894. She was sold for scrap in 1907.