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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

CAPITAL SHIPS AND MONITORS

MATADOR monitor (1879)

similar Draak 1878

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Matador   99 Fijenoord, Schiedam 1876 1878 1879 stricken 12.1908

  

Displacement normal, t

1968

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

63.9

Breadth, m

14.5

Draught, m

3.20 max

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 HC, 4 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

690

Max speed, kts

7.5

Fuel, t

coal 109

Endurance, nm(kts)

720(7)

Armour, mm

iron; side: 140 - 115, deck: 25, 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 140-115mm 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.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014