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K-U-K MARINE - AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN NAVY (AUSTRIA-HUNGARY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

PYTHON torpedo boats (1898-1900)

similar Viper 1896

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Python, 1910- 13   1060 Yarrow, Cubitt Town, UK 1898 11.4.1899 10/1899 to France 1920
Kígyó, 1910- 14   1059 Yarrow, Cubitt Town, UK 1898 11.4.1899 1/1900 to United Kingdom 1920
Boa, 1910- 15   1058 Yarrow, Cubitt Town, UK 1897 8/1898 1898 to France 1920
Cobra, 1910- 16   1057 Yarrow, Cubitt Town, UK 1897 9/1898 1898 to France 1920

 

Displacement normal, t

132

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

46.6 wl

Breadth, m

4.70

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

24.5

Fuel, t

coal 30

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 47/30 SFK L/33 H, 3 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

21

Project history: Yarrow-built TBs, development of the Viper.

Modernizations: 1914, 14: - 1 x 1 - 450 TT; + 1 seaplane

Naval service: No significant events.

15 1918

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

© Ivan Gogin, 2014