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BRAZILIAN NAVY (BRAZIL)

TORPEDO SHIPS

MOXOTÓ torpedo boat (1893)

Names

Moxotó

Builders

Yarrow, Poplar, UK: Moxotó

Commissioned

1893: Moxotó

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1905: Moxotó

  

Displacement normal, t

17

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

18.3

Breadth, m

2.82

Draught, m

1.20

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

230

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 Howell TT

Complement

 

Project history: Steel-hulled third class TBs purchased by Brazil in 1893. She had a Howell flywheel TT.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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