HMS Cormorant (1877)

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.

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

HMS Cormorant c. 1878
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Cormorant
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard
Cost: Hull £37,630, machinery £11,587[1]
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[1]
General characteristics
Class and 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:
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
Armament:

Design

The Osprey class were of composite construction, with wooden hulls over an iron frame. They were designed by the Chief Constructor, William Henry White and five were ordered. Of 1,130 tons displacement and approximately 950 indicated horsepower, they were capable of approximately 11 knots and were armed with two 7" muzzle-loading rifled guns on pivoting mounts, and four 64-pound guns (two on pivoting mounts, and two broadside). They had a crew complement of approximately 140 men.

Construction

Cormorant was laid down at Chatham Royal Dockyard in 1875 and launched on 12 September 1877.[1] She was commissioned on 2 July 1878.[1]

Operational history

The primary purpose of ships of the class was to maintain British naval dominance through trade protection, anti-slavery, and surveying.

In 1879 she served on the Australia Station, and in April 1886 she was on the Pacific Station.[2] On 20 July 1887 she became the first vessel to use the newly built graving dock at the Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard.[3]

Fate

Cormorant became a receiving ship at Gibraltar in 1889. Lieutenant Arthur Hope Fanshawe was appointed in command of the Cormorant and torpedo boats at Gibraltar on 7 March 1900.[4] Lieutenant Claude Lionel Cumberlege was appointed in command during 1902.[5] She became a flag ship when Rear-Admiral Sir William Acland hoisted his flag on board the Cormorant when he was appointed Admiral Superintendent of the Gibraltar dockyard in October 1902.[6]

She was renamed HMS Rooke in 1946 and was scrapped in 1949, being broken up at Málaga.

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References
  1. Winfield, p. 292
  2. "HMS Cormorant at the Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels". Retrieved 16 August 2009.
  3. "Canadian Navy: MARPAC - Maritime Forces Pacific - CFB Esquimalt: Naval Museum". CFB Esquimalt. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
  4. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36085). London. 9 March 1900. p. 12.
  5. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36871). London. 12 September 1902. p. 4.
  6. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times (36913). London. 31 October 1902. p. 8.

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