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MONGKUT RAJAKUMARN gunboat (1887/1891)

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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