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ROYAL DUTCH NAVY (NETHERLANDS)

TORPEDO SHIPS

XIII 2nd class spar torpedo boats (1879-1881)

No.XIII 1879

Names

No. XIII

No. XIV

No. XV

No. XVI

No. XVII

No. XVIII

Builders

Fijenoord, Schiedam: No.XIII, XIV

Nederlandsche, Rotterdam: No.XV, XVI

De Schelde, Vlissingen: No.XVII, XVIII

Commissioned

1879: No.XIII, XIV

1880: No.XVII

1881: No.XV, XVI, XVIII

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1904: No.XV

1905: No.XIII, XVI

1907: No.XIV, XVIII

1915: No.XVII

  

Displacement normal, t

29

Displacement full, t

30

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

17 - 18

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

No.XIII, XIV, XVII, XVIII: 2 spar torpedoes

No.XV, XVI: 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 - 356 TT (bow)

Complement

11

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

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

No.XVII

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