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ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

VARG 2nd class torpedo boats (1894)

nearly sister-ship Dristig 1904

Names

Varg

Raket

Builders

Horten verft: Varg, Raket

Completed

1894: Varg, Raket

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding 1920: Varg, Raket

 

  

Displacement normal, t

45

Displacement full, t

64

Length, m

34.5

Breadth, m

3.75

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 boilers

Power, h. p.

650

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

coal 11

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT (bow)

Complement

12

Project history: Very successful design, later repeated as Blink class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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