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HYDRA gunboats (1881)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Ύδρα [Hydra], 1889- Αμβρακία [Amvrakia]     Thames Iron Wks, Blackwall, UK   1881 1881 discarded 1931
Σπέτσαι [Spetsai], 1889- Ακτίου [Aktion]     Thames Iron Wks, Blackwall, UK   1881 1881 captured by France 1917 (Aktion), returned 12.1918, deleted 1920

 

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, 1 x 1 - 149/27 RK L/30 C/83, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 - 356 TT (bow)

Complement 64

Project history: Iron-hulled screw gunboats of Rendel type.

Modernizations: 1910, Amvrakia: - 1 x 1 - 149/27, 2 x 1 - 37/20

1910, Aktion: - 1 x 1 - 149/27, 2 x 1 - 37/20; + 4 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss

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

Aktion

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