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TEJO gunboats (1869-1877)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Tejo     Arsenal da Marinha, Lisboa   1869 1869 discarded 1900
Douro     Arsenal da Marinha, Lisboa   1873 1873 discarded 1900
Quanza     Arsenal da Marinha, Lisboa   1877 1877 discarded 1900
  

Displacement normal, t

578

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

43.6 pp

Breadth, m

7.90

Draught, m

3.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HSE, 1 boiler

Power, h. p.

Tejo, Douro: 400

Quanza: 500

Max speed, kts

Tejo, Quanza: 10

Douro: 9

Fuel, t

coal 80

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 163/14 Armstrong 70pdr MLR, 2 x 1 - 121/14 Armstrong 40pdr 1.32-ton MLR

Complement

109

Project history: Wooden colonial gunboats.

Modernizations: 1880s, Tejo: - 1 x 1 - 163/14; + 1 x 1 - 100/27 A10/28

Naval service: No significant events.

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