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TORPEDO SHIPS

FRESIA torpedo gunboats (1881-1882)

Names

Fresia

Lauca

Quidora

Builders

Yarrow, Poplar, UK: Fresia, Lauca, Quidora

Commissioned

1881: Lauca, Quidora

1882: Fresia

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1884: Fresia

1891: Lauca

1902: Quidora

  

Displacement normal, t

25

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

26.2

Breadth, m

3.81

Draught, m

1.52 mean

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HSE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

400

Max speed, kts

19 - 20

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 2 - 25/42 Nordenfelt, 2 spar torpedoes

Complement

15

Project history: Steel-hulled second class TBs with a ram bow and two funnels.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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