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STAUNCH flatiron gunboat (1868)

Staunch 1868

Name

No

Yard No

Builder

Laid down

Launched

Comp

Fate

Staunch   160 Mitchell, Low Walker 6.1867 4.12.1867 1868 fuel barge 1904

 

Displacement normal, t

164

Displacement full, t

200

Length, m

22.9

Breadth, m

7.62

Draught, m

1.98

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 2-cyl HSE, 1 cylindrical boiler

Power, h. p.

134

Max speed, kts

7.7

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 229/14 MLR Mk IV

Complement

31

Project history: Staunch was a prototype of Rendel 'flatiron' gunboats.
Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

 

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