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HELLENIC NAVY (GREECE)

TORPEDO SHIPS

IONIA torpedo boats (1881)

Names

Σφίγξ [Sfinx]

Ιωνία [Ionia], 1900s- Τορπιλοβόλο 18 [Torpilovolo 18]

Builders

F C de la Méditerraneén, La Seyne, France: Sfinx, Ionia

Commissioned

1881: Sfinx, Ionia

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1901: Sfinx

1913: NF18

  

Displacement normal, t

31

Displacement full, t

35

Length, m

27.1

Breadth, m

3.36

Draught, m

0.96

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

500

Max speed, kts

17.5

Fuel, t

coal 5

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 - 356 TC

Complement

9

Project history: First Greek torpedo boats armed with self-propelled torpedoes.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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