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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

CAPITAL SHIPS AND MONITORS

DRAAK monitor (1878)

Draak 1878

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Draak     Rijkswerf, Amsterdam 1875 22.8.1877 1878 sold 1914

  

Displacement normal, t

2198

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

65.1

Breadth, m

15.0

Draught, m

3.63 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 HC, 4 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

807

Max speed, kts

8.4

Fuel, t

coal 109

Endurance, nm(kts)

720(7)

Armour, mm

iron; side: 205 - 140, deck: 23, turret: 305 - 230, CT: 140

Armament

1 x 2 - 283/20 Krupp No.1

Complement

131

Project history: Low freeboard monitors with ram bow.

Ship protection: Armoured 205-140mm belt protected full ship length. Turret had 305-230mm sides.

Modernizations: early 1880s: + 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

Naval service: No significant events.

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