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TORPEDO SHIPS

No191 torpedo boats (1883-1884)

Names

Victoria Naval Service till 1901:

Nepean

Lonsdale

Tasmania Naval Service, 1900- South Australia till 1901:

No191

Queensland Naval Service till 1901:

Mosquito

Builders

Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK: Nepean, Lonsdale, No191, Mosquito

Completed

1883: No191

1884: Nepean, Lonsdale, Mosquito

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarded

1910: No191, Mosquito

1913: Nepean, Lonsdale

 

Displacement normal, t

12

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

19.2 pp

Breadth, m

2.29

Draught, m

1.18

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 2-cyl HCE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

coal 0.8

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

No191, Mosquito: 1 x 2 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I, 1 McEvoy charge on steel spar

Nepean, Lonsdale: 1 x 2 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I, 1 - 356 TT (bow)

Complement

7

Project history: Colonial Service 2nd class torpedo boats, identical to early 63ft 2nd class boats built for the Royal Navy.

Modernizations: 1885, No191: - spar torpedo; + 2 - 356 TC

Naval service: No significant events.

Defender class boat

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