Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Téte | 1956- P371 | Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK // Chinde | 1918 // 1920 | 1920 | discarded 1975 |
Displacement standard, t |
100 |
Displacement full, t |
~130 |
Length, m |
23.4 |
Breadth, m |
6.10 |
Draught, m |
0.70 |
No of shafts |
stern wheel |
Machinery |
1 VTE, 1 Yarrow boiler |
Power, h. p. |
70 |
Max speed, kts |
8 |
Fuel, t |
coal |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 47/40 H(tr)47/43, 2 x 1 - 7.7/80 |
Complement |
~20 |
Project history: River stern-wheeled gunboat with steel hull for service on Zambesi. She was built in Britain and assembled from sections and launched at Chinde (Mozambique) in 1920.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Téte was stricken only in 1975, after granting independence to Mozambique.
Téte 1933
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