Rap 1875
Names |
Rap |
Builders |
Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK: Rap |
Completed |
1873: Rap |
Losses |
none |
Transfers |
none |
Discarding | 1920: Rap |
Displacement
normal, t 15 Displacement
full, t Length, m 17.3 Breadth, m 2.28 Draught, m 0.90 No of shafts 1 Machinery 1 HDA, 1
locomotive boiler Power, h. p. 90 Max speed, kts 15 Fuel, t coal Armament 1 Harvey towed
torpedo Complement
Endurance, nm(kts)
Project history: First real torpedo boat in the world.
Modernizations: 1875: - 1 Harvey torpedo; + 1 spar torpedo
1879: - 1 spar torpedo; + 2 - 356 TC
1900: - 2 - 356 TC; + 1 x 1 - 8.80
Naval service: In 1900-1920 Rap served as patrol boat, and since 1920 she preserved as museum boat in Horten.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014