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ROYAL NAVY (UNITED KINGDOM)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

WIDGEON river gunboat (1904)

nearly sister-ship Teal 1901

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Widgeon N71 1142 Yarrow, Scotstoun / Shanghai, China   16.4.1904 1904 sold 10.1931

 

Displacement normal, t

195

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

48.7

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE

Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

12.5

Fuel, t

coal 39

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I

Complement

35

Project history: Tunnel-screw type. Hull had bullet-proof protection.

Modernizations: None

Naval service: Paid off in December 1914 but was re-commissioned post-war.

Widgeon beside cruiser Suffolk 1928

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

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