HMS Boomerang

HMS Boomerang was an torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Whiting, built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear and launched on 24 July 1889. Renamed Boomerang on 2 April 1890, she formed part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station.

Service details

She was at Sheerness in April 1891. Boomerang arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891.
She left the Australia Station on 22 August 1904. She was sold for £1,900 in July 1905 at Portsmouth.