Adder 1870
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Adder | Fijenoord, Schiedam | 31.12.1870 | 28.9.1871 | 24.10.1873 | lost 5.7.1882 | ||
| Haai | 79 | Fijenoord, Schiedam | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | stricken 1905 | |
| Hyena | Rijkswerf Amsterdam | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | stricken 1905 | ||
| Luipaard | 96 | Fijenoord, Schiedam | 1875 | 28.8.1877 | 1878 | stricken 1907 | |
| Panter | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam | 1869 | 1870 | 1871 | stricken 1906 | ||
| Wesp | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam | 1870 | 1871 | 1872 | stricken 1906 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1555 Luipaard: 1585 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
58.6 - 59.6 |
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Breadth, m |
13.4 |
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Draught, m |
2.97 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 HC, 4 rectangular boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
560 - 740 |
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Max speed, kts |
7 - 8 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 93 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
600(7) |
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Armour, mm |
iron; side: 140, deck: 25, turret: 285 - 203, CT: 140 |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 229/14 Armstrong 12.5-ton MLR Luipaard: 1 x 1 - 283/20 Krupp No.1 |
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Complement |
117 |
Project history: Low freeboard monitors with ram bows and small aft superstructure.
Ship protection: Armoured 140mm belt protected full ship length. Turret had 285-203mm sides.
Modernizations: 1884, Wesp; 1887, Hyena; 1888, Panter; 1889, Haai: - 1 x 2 - 229/14; + 1 x 1 - 283/20 Krupp No.1, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss
early 1880s, Luipaard: + 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss
Naval service: Adder was lost with all hands by unknown cause 5.7.1882 off Scheveningen.
Luipaard
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014