HMS Racer (1884)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Racer.

HMS Racer
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Racer
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
CostHull: £37,000, Machinery: £12,000[1]
Laid down9 April 1883[1]
Launched6 August 1884
Commissioned9 April 1885
FateSold for scrap on 6 November 1928
General characteristics
Displacement970 tons
Length167 ft (51 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draught14 ft (4.3 m)[1]
Installed power850 ihp (630 kW)
Propulsion
Sail planBarque-rigged
Speed11+1⁄2 knots (21.3 km/h)
RangeAbout 2,100 nmi (3,900 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)[1]
Complement126
Armament

HMS Racer was a Royal Navy Mariner-class composite screw gunvessel of 8 guns.[2]

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  2. ^ "Cruisers". battleships-cruisers. Retrieved 11 August 2008.