HMS_Racoon_(1887)

HMS <i>Racoon</i> (1887)

HMS Racoon (1887)

Cruiser of the Royal Navy

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

HMS Racoon, sometimes spelled HMS Raccoon, was an Archer-class torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy. Racoon was laid down on 1 February 1886 and came into service on 1 March 1888.[2][3]

The Crisis at Zanzibar, British War-Ships engaged in the Bombardment of the Sultan's Palace, Racoon (right side, foreground)

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She served on the East Indies Station where, on 27 August 1896, she was involved in the bombardment of Sultan Khalid's palace during the 40 minute Anglo–Zanzibar War.[4]

Showing 33 slaves captured by the boats of the Racoon in 1901

In early May 1901 Racoon returned to the United Kingdom,[5] and was paid off at Sheerness on 6 July 1901.[6]

She was decommissioned on 1 January 1905 and sold for scrap.[2][7]

References

  1. [1]
    Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
  2. [2]
    HMS Racoon at Naval History
  3. [3]
    Patience 1994, p. 11.
  4. [4]
    Patience (1994)
  5. [5]
    "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36437. London. 24 April 1901. p. 11.
  6. [6]
    "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36501. London. 8 July 1901. p. 6.
  7. [7]
    Archer Class at Battleships-Cruisers

Bibliography

Patience, Kevin (1994), Zanzibar and the Shortest War in History, Bahrain: Kevin Patience, p. 23
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