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BRAZILIAN NAVY (BRAZIL)

TORPEDO SHIPS

ALPHA torpedo boats (1885-1886)

Names

Alpha

Beta

Gamma

Builders

Thornycroft, Woolston, UK: Alpha, Beta, Gamma

Commissioned

1885: Alpha

1885-86: Beta, Gamma

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1905: Alpha, Beta, Gamma

  

Displacement normal, t

3.5

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

13.7 pp

Breadth, m

1.83

Draught, m

0.36

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VSE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

12.3

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 MG, 1 spar torpedo

Complement

 

Project history: Steel-hulled third class TBs for river patrols. They had a ram bow, one funnel and a single high-pressure cyl engine. The McEvoy spar torpedo was worked from the starboard side.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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