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TORPEDO SHIPS

ULAN torpedo steamship (1876)

Ulan 1880

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Ulan (ex-IV) IV 56 Möller & Hollberg, Grabow b. Stettin 1875 3.4.1876 8.10.1876 tender 1880, barge 5.1909

  

Displacement normal, t

374

Displacement full, t

438

Length, m

36-38 oa 35.05 wl

Breadth, m

8.00

Draught, m

4.57 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VSE, 4 Belleville cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

coal 25

Endurance, nm(kts) 470(7)

Armament

1 spar torpedo

Complement

41

Project history: Ex-torpedo steamer No IV, the Ulan was like a large two-funnelled tug, and was rebuilt almost as soon as completed to take a 381mm bow TT and 3 revolving 37mm cannons.

Modernizations: 1878: - spar torpedo; + 3 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 1 - 381 TT (bow)

Naval service: She was used for research, then as a torpedo school tender until converted to a barge in 1909. She was sold as such in 1919, and broken up in 1926.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014