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PHITTHAYAMRONNAYUT gunboat (1870)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
วิทยาศาสตร์ การต่อสู้ [Phitthayamronnayut] (ex-Lotus)     UK   1868 1868 // 1870 discarded 1900

 

Displacement normal, t

660

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

50.6

Breadth, m

7.92

Draught, m

3.20

No of shafts

2

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 134/12 20pdr SBML, 1 x 1 - 121/22 40pdr MLR, 2 x 1 - 95/21 20pdr MLR

Complement

 

Project history: Iron-hulled and fully-rigged. Built as a merchant vessel and purchased and converted in about 1870.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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