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ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY (NEW ZEALAND)

TORPEDO SHIPS

DEFENDER 2nd class torpedo boats (1883)

Names

Defender

Taiaroa

Waitemata

Poneke

Builders

Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK: Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke

Completed

1883: Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarded

1900s: Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke

 

Displacement normal, t

12

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

19.2 pp

Breadth, m

2.29

Draught, m

1.18

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 2-cyl HCE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

coal 0.8

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 2 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I, 1 McEvoy charge on steel spar

Complement

7

Project history: Colonial Service 2nd class torpedo boats, identical to early 63ft 2nd class boats built for the Royal Navy.

Modernizations: 1885, 3 boats: - spar torpedo; + 2 - 356 TC

Naval service: No significant events.

Defender class boat

 

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