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AKTION gunboat (1882 / 1917)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Aktion (ex-Ακτίου [Aktion], ex-Σπέτσαι [Spetsai])     Thames Iron Wks, Blackwall, UK   1881 1882 // 1917 to Greece late 1918 (Ακτίου [Aktion])

 

Displacement normal, t

433

Displacement full, t

470

Length, m

39.0 pp

Breadth, m

7.90

Draught, m

2.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VC

Power, h. p.

690

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

coal 60
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 263/27 RK L/30 C/84 Krupp, 4 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 x 1 - 356 TT (bow)

Complement 64

Project history: Iron-hulled screw gunboat of Rendel type. Seized in 1917 and returned in 1918.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Aktion served in 1917-1918 under French flag.

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