HMS Karakatta (or Karrakatta) was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy, launched in 1889.

[1] They carried 100 tons of coal, giving them a range of about 2,500 nautical miles (4,600 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) and were manned by 91 sailors and officers.

[1] Originally named Wizard, she was built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick, Tyne and Wear, being laid down as yard number 546 on 17 August 1888.

[2] Renamed Karrakatta on 2 April 1890, and commissioned for the first time in February 1891,[1] she formed part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station.

She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891, and in 1900 was reported as "employed in the protection of the floating trade in Australian waters".