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DANISH ROYAL NAVY (DENMARK)

TORPEDO SHIPS

SPRINGEREN 1st class torpedo boat (1891)

Springeren 1900

Names

Springeren, 1916- T1

Builders

Orlogsværftets, København: Springeren

Commissioned

7/1891: Springeren

Losses

no

Transfers

no

Discarding

3/1919: T1

 

Displacement normal, t

87

Displacement full, t

89

Length, m

36.3

Breadth, m

3.95

Draught, m

2.11

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC, 2 locomotive boilers

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

17.5

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 5 - 37/17 M.1875, 2 - 450 TT (bow)

Complement

17

Project history: First Danish-built 1st class TB, also first TB with 450mm torpedoes. She was built from Danish materials excluding British-built machinery.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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