Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
มกุฎราชกุมาร [Mongkut Rajakumarn] (ex-Philipinas) | Hongkong & Whampoa, Hongkong, UK | 5.2.1887 | 1887 // 1891 | stricken 4.1930 |
Displacement normal, t |
610 |
Displacement full, t |
700 |
Length, m |
53.3 |
Breadth, m |
7.16 |
Draught, m |
3.35 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 boilers |
Power, h. p. |
800 |
Max speed, kts |
14 |
Fuel, t |
coal 90 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/40 QF, 4 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 3 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 - 356 TT (bow) |
Complement |
100 |
Project history: Built for Spain as Philipinas but bought by Siam in 1891. Steel-hulled, schooner-rigged, had two masts with military tops, one funnel and ram bow. In 1905 speed of gunboat did not exceed 11kts.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Mongkut Rajakumarn
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