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Names |
Alpha Beta Gamma |
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Builders |
Thornycroft, Woolston, UK: Alpha, Beta, Gamma |
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Commissioned |
1885: Alpha 1885-86: Beta, Gamma |
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Losses |
None |
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Transfers |
None |
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Discarding |
1905: Alpha, Beta, Gamma |
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Displacement normal, t |
3.5 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
13.7 pp |
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Breadth, m |
1.83 |
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Draught, m |
0.36 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VSE, 1 locomotive boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
12.3 |
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Fuel, t |
coal |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 MG, 1 spar torpedo |
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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.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014