Valkyrjen 1905
Valkyrjen 1912
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Valkyrjen | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 1895 | 1896 | 1896 | stricken 1922 |
Displacement normal, t |
375 |
Displacement full, t |
415 |
Length, m |
58.0 pp 59.4 oa |
Breadth, m |
7.42 |
Draught, m |
2.59 max |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers |
Power, h. p. |
3300 |
Max speed, kts |
23 |
Fuel, t |
coal 88 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 3800(10) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 4 x 1 - 37/45 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
Complement |
59 |
Project history: Built in 1896 by Schichau with money collected by female patriotic organisation. Officially she was called as a divisional torpedo boat but constructively was very similar to Austrian torpedo cruisers. She was considered old and slow-speed to beginning of WWI.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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