ACHERON spar torpedo boats (1879)
Acheron 1879
Names |
New South Wales till 1901: Acheron, later- Jenner Avernus |
Builders |
Atlas, Sydney: Acheron, Avernus |
Completed |
1879: Acheron, Avernus |
Losses |
none |
Transfers |
none |
Discarded |
1902: Jenner, Avernus |
Displacement normal, t |
16 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
23.8 |
Breadth, m |
3.05 |
Draught, m |
0.91 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 HCE, 1 locomotive boiler |
Power, h. p. |
200 |
Max speed, kts |
15 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
1 spar torpedo |
Complement |
9 |
Project history: This pair was the only TBs built not in Europe or America.
Modernizations: 1887, both: - spar torpedo; + 2 - 356 TC
Naval service: Acheron was subsequently transferred to New South Wales quarantine service and renamed Jenner.
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