HMS ''Boomerang'' was an

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of the

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, originally named HMS ''Whiting'', built by

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and launched on 24 July 1889.Bastock 1988, p.105. Renamed ''Boomerang'' on 2 April 1890, she formed part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the

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Service details

''Boomerang'' arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. Lieutenant and commander Edward Matthew Hale was appointed in command on 15 February 1900. She left the Australia Station on 22 August 1904. She was sold for £1,900 in July 1905 at

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*Bastock, John (1988), ''Ships on the Australia Station'', Child & Associates Publishing Pty Ltd; Frenchs Forest, Australia. * * 1889 ships Ships built by Armstrong Whitworth Ships built on the River Tyne Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboats Victorian-era gunboats of the United Kingdom {{UK-mil-ship-stub