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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY (RUSSIA)

TORPEDO SHIPS

SAMOPAL small torpedo boats (1878)

similar Bomba 1880

Names

Ракета [Raketa], 9.1885- №133, 1.1886- №83, 4.1895- №23

Самопал [Samopal], 9.1885- №135, 1.1886- №84, 4.1895- №24

Builders

Vulcan, Stettin, Germany: Raketa, Samopal

Completed

1878: Raketa, Samopal

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1908: №23, №24

 

Displacement normal, t

30

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

25.6

Breadth, m

3.30

Draught, m

1.85 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

250

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

coal 8

Endurance, nm(kts) 350(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 381 TT or (spar torpedoes, towed torpedoes, fired torpedoes)

Complement

8

Project history: Very small torpedo boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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