Maha Chakri 1893
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| มหาจักรี [Maha Chakri] | Leith, UK | 27.6.1892 | 1893 | stricken 6.1916 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
2500 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
88.4 |
|
Breadth, m |
12.0 |
|
Draught, m |
4.19 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 5 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
3000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
15 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 280 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armour, mm |
steel; deck: 51 |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/40 Armstrong T, 10 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss |
|
Complement |
318 |
Project history: A steel-hulled protected cruiser with a ram bow, two masts and two funnels. The 120mm guns were in upper deck sponsons amidships.
Ship protection: There was 51mm protective deck.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Completed in 1893, she was fitted out as the Royal Yacht but was classified as a protected cruiser. Her engines and fittings were taken out when she was scrapped and reused in a ship of the same name built by Kawasaki in 1918.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015