HMS Skipjack (1889)
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 & 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 |
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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.