Karrakatta 1891

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Name:	KARRAKATTA launched as WIZARD
Type:	Torpedo Gunboat
Keel:	17/08/1888
Launched:	27/08/1889
Completed:	02/1891
Builder:	Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard:	Elswick
Yard Number:	546
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:
02/1891	British Royal Navy
11/07/1905	Broken up

Comments:	Member of the Sharpshooter Class
	27/08/1889: Launched as WIZARD
	02/04/1890: Renamed KARRAKATTA
	Part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station
	11/07/1905: Sold at Portsmouth, probably for breaking up