HMS Skipjack (1889)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Skipjack
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Laid down4 Julyl 1888
Launched30 April 1889
CompletedJuly 1891
FateSold 1920
General characteristics
Class and typeSharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat
Displacement735 long tons (747 t)
Length230 ft 0 in (70.10 m) pp
Beam27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
Draught10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Installed power3,600 ihp (2,700 kW)
Propulsion
Speed19 kn (22 mph; 35 km/h)
Complement91
Armament
  • 2 × 4.7 in (120 mm) QF guns
  • 4 × 3-pounder (47 mm ) guns
  • 5 × 14 inch torpedo tubes

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.