Zieten 1878
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Zieten | Thames IW, London, UK | 1875 | 9.3.1876 | 1.8.1876 | fishery protection 1899-1914, discarded 12.1919 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1001 |
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Displacement full, t |
1170 |
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Length, m |
79.4 oa 69.5 wl |
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Breadth, m |
8.56 |
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Draught, m |
3.80 mean 4.63 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 HC, 6 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2000 |
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Max speed, kts |
16 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 130 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
1770(9) |
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Armament |
6 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 2 - 381 TT (1 bow, 1 stern, 10) |
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Complement |
94 |
Project history: This torpedo vessel was designed in Britain. She was primarily used as a tender for torpedo development, but could be said to fall into the later category of torpedo gunboat, or torpedo cruiser. An elegant ship with a clipper bow, looking very much like a steam yacht, she had a good speed for her day. Before the general adoption of the QF guns, her powerful reserve of torpedo reloads and her good qualities as a seaboat could have proved useful in action, despite her lack of guns or protection.
Modernizations: 1891: - 6 x 5 - 37/17; + 6 x 1 - 50/37 SK L/40 C/92
1899: - 2 - 381TT
1914: + 49 mines
Naval service: From 1899 she was used as a fishery protection vessel, and from 1914 as a coastal patrol ship.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014