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TORPEDO SHIPS

BRANILIO GARILLO torpedo boat (1890)

Names

Branilio Garillo

Builders

Yarrow, Poplar, UK: Branilio Garillo

Commissioned

1890: Branilio Garillo

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1920: Branilio Garillo

 

Displacement standard, t

15

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

18.3

Breadth, m

2.82

Draught, m

1.07

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

230

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 1 - 356 TT (bow)

Complement

 

Project history: Similar to British TB50 class with a turtleback forecastle and a single funnel amidships.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Dmitriy Babichev for the help with information about the name of the ship.

© Ivan Gogin, 2015