CHILDERS torpedo boat (1884)
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Names |
Victoria Naval Service till 1901: Childers |
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Builders |
Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK: Childers |
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Completed |
1884: Childers |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarded |
1918: Childers |
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Displacement normal, t |
61 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
35.5 oa 34.1 wl |
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Breadth, m |
3.81 |
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Draught, m |
1.68 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 2-cyl HCE, 1 locomotive boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
679 |
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Max speed, kts |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 10 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 37/30 1pdr Mk II, 2 - 381 TT (bow) |
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Complement |
18 |
Project history: Thornycroft First Class type, she became the prototype for the Royal Navy 125-footers, which were often referred to as the 'Childers type'. She went out to Australia under her own steam in an epic voyage.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015