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TORPEDO SHIPS

II torpedo boat (1878)

II 1878

Names

II (Yard no 69)

Builders

Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK: II

Completed

1878: II

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1904: II

 

Displacement normal, t

28

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

26.5

Breadth, m

3.50

Draught, m

1.55

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HC, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

300

Max speed, kts

18.2

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 - 356 TT (bow)

Complement

10

Project history: Thornycroft-built prototype, launched 21.5.1878, variant of the Lightning. In service the boat reached only 15kts.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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