
nearly sister-ship Hefring 1940
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Ever | 270 | Mitchell, Low Walker, UK | 11.1871 | 15.10.1872 | 9.1873 | TS 1884, accommodation ship 8.1914 | |
| Hydra | 271 | Mitchell, Low Walker, UK | 11.1871 | 17.10.1872 | 9.1873 | stricken 1906 | |
| Das | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam | 1876 | 1876 | minelayer 1914, sold 1925 | |||
| Daak | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam | 1874 | 1874 | subsidiary service 1894 | |||
| Fret | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam | 1876 | 1876 | accommodation ship 1898 | |||
| Geep | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam | 1875 | 1875 | auxiliary 1908 | |||
| Gier | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam | 1875 | 1875 | TS 1894, sold 1913 | |||
| Havik | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam | 1874 | 1874 | minelayer 1914, BU 1936 | |||
| Raaf | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam | 1875 | 1875 | subsidiary service 1894 | |||
| Brak | 92 | Nederlandsche, Rotterdam | 1875 | 1875 | hulk 1902 | ||
| Lynx, 1912- Los | Nederlandsche, Rotterdam | 7.1874 | 20.5.1875 | 1875 | sold 1925 | ||
| Vos | Nederlandsche, Rotterdam | 1875 | 1875 | stricken 1893 | |||
| Bever | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 1876 | 1876 | accommodation ship 1896 | |||
| Sperwer | Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven | 1875 | 1875 | TS 1896, auxiliary 1927 |
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Displacement normal, t |
218 |
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Displacement full, t |
221 |
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Length, m |
25.9 |
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Breadth, m |
8.00 |
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Draught, m |
2.20 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VC, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
124 - 146 |
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Max speed, kts |
7.5 - 8 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 20 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
800(6) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 229/14 Armstrong 12.5-ton MLR |
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Complement |
34 |
Project history: Iron-hulled Rendell type gunboats.
Modernizations: 1890s, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 229/14; + 1 x 1 - 209/32 Krupp No.1, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 x 5 - 37/17 Hothckiss
1914, Das, Havik: as minelayers were armed with 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 x 1 - 7.9/80, mines
Naval service: No significant events.

Ever
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014