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ARGENTINEAN NAVY (ARGENTINA)

TORPEDO SHIPS

COMODORO PY torpedo boats (1892)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Comodoro Py   267 Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK   1891 1892 stricken 1927
Comodoro Murature   268 Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK   1891 1892 stricken 1926

 

Displacement normal, t

110

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

45.7

Breadth, m

4.42

Draught, m

1.07

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

coal 20

Endurance, nm(kts)

960(10)

Armament

2 x 1 - 47/43 Nordenfelt, 1 x 4 - 25/40 Nordenfelt, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 2 - 450 TT, 1 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

27

Project history: First class steel-hulled torpedo boats, almost identical to the Brazilian Araguary class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Comodore Py 1891

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

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