History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Skipjack |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | 4 Julyl 1888 |
Launched | 30 April 1889 |
Completed | July 1891 |
Fate | Sold 1920 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat |
Displacement | 735 long tons (747 t) |
Length | 230 ft 0 in (70.10 m) pp |
Beam | 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
Installed power | 3,600 ihp (2,700 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 19 kn (22 mph; 35 km/h) |
Complement | 91 |
Armament |
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HMS Skipjack was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the British Royal Navy. She was built at Chatham Dockyard from 1888–1891. She was converted to a minesweeper in 1908–1909 and continued these duties during the First World War. Skipjack survived the war and was sold for scrap in 1920.