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TORPEDO SHIPS

TAMBORIM torpedo boat (1884)

Names

Tamborim

Builders

Yarrow, Poplar, UK: Tamborim

Commissioned

1884: Tamborim

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1901: Tamborim

  

Displacement normal, t

16

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

19.2

Breadth, m

2.44

Draught, m

0.91

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC, 1 cylindrical boiler

Power, h. p.

60

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 MG, 1 spar torpedo

Complement

 

Project history: Steel-hulled second class TB, with a ram bow, a funnel set well forward and a conning tower aft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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