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CACHEU river gunboats (1902-1904)

Names

Cacheu

Farim

Téte

Sena

Builders

 

Completed

1902: Cacheu, Farim

1903: Téte

1904: Sena

Losses

Téte (2/1917)

Transfers

None

Discarding

1918: Cacheu, Farim, Sena

  

Displacement normal, t

70

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

 

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

wheels

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

coal
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 37/20 H(tr)37/23

Complement

 

Project history: Small wheeled riverine gunboats.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: Téte was destroyed by a boiler explosion on the Zambezi river.

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