Names |
Núm.1 - 5 |
Builders |
Yarrow, Poplar, UK: Núm.1 - 5 |
Commissioned |
1882: Núm.1 - 5 |
Losses |
None |
Transfers |
None |
Discarding |
1910: Núm.1 - 5 |
Displacement normal, t |
Núm.1: 40 Núm.2 - 5: 52 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
Núm.1: 30.5 Núm.2 - 5: 33.5 |
Breadth, m |
3.81 |
Draught, m |
1.68 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 VC, 1 cylindrical boiler |
Power, h. p. |
500 |
Max speed, kts |
Núm.1: 20 Núm.2 - 5: 20.4 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 - 356 TT (bow, 4) |
Complement |
Project history: Steel-hulled first class TBs, with two funnels side by side, a ram bow, and a turtle deck forecastle with two fixed TT. Two spare Whitehead torpedoes were carried amidships. No 1 had a shorter hull and was slower than the rest of the class.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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