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Names |
New Zealand Naval Service: Defender Taiaroa Waitemata Poneke Victoria Naval Service, 1901- RAN: Nepean Lonsdale Tasmania Naval Service (to South Australia 1900), 1901- RAN: No 191 Queensland Naval Service, 1901- RAN: Mosquito |
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Builders |
Thornycroft, Chiswick: Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke, Nepean, Lonsdale, No 191, Mosquito |
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Completed |
1883: Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke, No 191 1884: Nepean, Lonsdale, Mosquito |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarded |
1900s: Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke 1910: No 191, Mosquito 1913: Nepean, Lonsdale |
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Displacement normal, t |
12 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
19.2 pp |
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Breadth, m |
2.29 |
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Draught, m |
1.18 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 2-cyl VC, 1 locomotive boiler |
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Power, h. p. |
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Max speed, kts |
17 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 0.8 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke, No 191, Mosquito: 1 x 2 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I, 1 McEvoy charge on steel spar Nepean, Lonsdale: 1 x 2 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I, 1 - 356 TT (bow) |
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Complement |
7 |
Project history: Colonial Service 2nd class torpedo boats, identical to early 63ft 2nd class boats built for the Royal Navy.
Modernizations: 1885, No 191 and 3 from 4 New Zealand boats: - spar torpedo; + 2 - 356 TC
Naval service: No significant events.
Defender class boat
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