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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

TORPEDO SHIPS

HYDRA 1st class torpedo boats (1900-1903)

Hydra 1905

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Hydra   1080 Yarrow, Poplar, UK 1889 1900 6.1900 subsidiary service 1920
Scylla   1081 Yarrow, Poplar, UK 1889 1900 1900 discarded 1921
Minotaurus   96 De Schelde, Vlissingen 3.1902 3.9.1902 12.1902 discarded 1921
Python   97 De Schelde, Vlissingen 3.1902 18.9.1902 12.1902 discarded 1921
Sphinx   103 De Schelde, Vlissingen 10.1902 28.3.1903 6.1903 discarded 1921

  

Displacement normal, t

90

Displacement full, t

103

Length, m

39.6

Breadth, m

4.11

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 Yarrow boilers

Power, h. p.

1500

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

coal 21

Endurance, nm(kts)

1500(10)

Armament

2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 3 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

21

Project history: 1st class torpedo boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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

© Ivan Gogin, 2014