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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

TORPEDO SHIPS

X 2nd class spar torpedo boats (1879)

similar No.XIII 1879

Names

No. X

No. XI

No. XII Argus

Builders

Fijenoord, Schiedam: No.X

Rijkwerf Amsterdam: No.XI

De Schelde, Vlissingen: No.XII Argus

Commissioned

1879: No.X, XI, XII Argus

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1907: No.X, XI, XII Argus

  

Displacement normal, t

29

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

24.6

Breadth, m

3.15

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HDA, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

250

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 spar torpedoes

Complement

11

Project history: 2nd class torpedo boats with spar torpedoes.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014