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
NameHMS Cormorant
BuilderChatham Royal Dockyard
CostHull £37,630, machinery £11,587
Laid down1875
Launched12 September 1877
Commissioned2 July 1878
DecommissionedHulked, November 1889
RenamedRooke, July 1946
FateBroken up at Málaga in 1949
General characteristics
Class and typeOsprey-class screw composite sloop
Displacement1,130 long tons (1,150 t)
Length170 ft (51.8 m) (p/p)
Beam36 ft (11.0 m)
Draught15 ft 9 in (4.8 m)
Depth19 ft 6 in (5.9 m)
Installed power951 ihp (709 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 shaft
  • 1 × 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine
  • 3 × cylindrical boilers
Sail planBarque rig
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range1,480 nmi (2,740 km; 1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement140
Armament
  • 2 × 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading guns
  • 4 × 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns
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