AMOKURA composite gunboat (1890/1906)
nearly sister-ship HMS Pigmy
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Amokura (ex-Sparrow) | Scotts, Greenock, UK | 1888 | 26.9.1889 | 5/1890 // 7.1906 | TS, coal hulk 2.1922 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
805 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
50.3 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
9.45 |
|
Draught, m |
3.35 normal 4.19 max |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
1200 |
|
Max speed, kts |
13 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 105 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2500(10) |
|
Armament |
6 x 1 - 102/27 BL Mk II/III/IV/V/VI, 2 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 2 x 1 - 11.9/94 |
|
Complement |
76 |
Project history: Hulls were composite, having iron framing and wooden plating. Barquentine rigged. First three were built under 1887-88 Programme, last six under 1888-89 Programme.
Modernizations: None
Naval service: Amokura served as TS.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015