| Name: | BOOMERANG launched as WHITING |
| Type: | Torpedo Gunboat |
| Keel: | 17/08/1888 |
| Launched: | 24/07/1889 |
| Completed: | 14/02/1891 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 545 |
| Dimensions: | 739disp, 230.0 x 27.0 x 8.3(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (22, 33 & 49 x 21ins), 2500ihp to 4500ihp |
| Engines by: | GE Belliss & Co, Birmingham |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 21.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 4 x 1 x 3pdr guns; 5 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 14/02/1891 | British Royal Navy |
| 11/07/1905 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Member of the Sharpshooter Class |
| 24/07/1889: Launched as WHITING | |
| 02/04/1890: Renamed BOOMERANG | |
| Part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station | |
| 11/07/1905: Sold at Portsmouth, probably for breaking up |
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