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IMPERIAL RUSSIAN NAVY (RUSSIA)

TORPEDO SHIPS

SKORPION small torpedo boat (1879)

similar Drakon 1900

Names

Ñêîðïèîí [Skorpion], 9.1885- ¹171, 1.1886- ¹90, 4.1895- ¹96

Builders

Bellino-Fenderikh, Odessa: Skorpion

Completed

1879: Skorpion

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1900: ¹96

 

Displacement normal, t

31

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

19.2

Breadth, m

3.05

Draught, m

1.24 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HDA, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

220

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

coal 6

Endurance, nm(kts) 275(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 381 TT

Complement

9

Project history: Very small torpedo boats.

Modernizations: 1880s, all: - spar torpedoes; + 1 x 1 - 381 TT

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2014