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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