HMS Cormorant (1877)
HMS Cormorant c. 1878 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Cormorant |
| Builder | Chatham Royal Dockyard |
| Cost | Hull £37,630, machinery £11,587 |
| Laid down | 1875 |
| Launched | 12 September 1877 |
| Commissioned | 2 July 1878 |
| Decommissioned | Hulked, November 1889 |
| Renamed | Rooke, July 1946 |
| Fate | Broken up at Málaga in 1949 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Osprey-class screw composite sloop |
| Displacement | 1,130 long tons (1,150 t) |
| Length | 170 ft (51.8 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Draught | 15 ft 9 in (4.8 m) |
| Depth | 19 ft 6 in (5.9 m) |
| Installed power | 951 ihp (709 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Barque rig |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Range | 1,480 nmi (2,740 km; 1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 140 |
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HMS Cormorant was an Osprey-class sloop launched at Chatham on 12 September 1877 and later the receiving ship at Gibraltar. She was renamed Rooke in 1946 and broken up in 1949.