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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

TORPEDO SHIPS

HVALROSSEN 1st class torpedo boat (1884)

similar Sværdfisken 1882

Names

Hvalrossen, 1912- T5, 1916- P3

Builders

Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK: Hvalrossen

Commissioned

10/1884: Hvalrossen

Losses

no

Transfers

no

Discarding

1919: P3

 

 

Displacement normal, t

 

Displacement full, t

74

Length, m

34.5

Breadth, m

3.71

Draught, m

2.04

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

660

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 5 - 37/17 M.1875, 2 - 381 TT (bow)

Complement

15

Project history: Thornycroft-built TB.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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