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MIDGE spar torpedo boat (1888)


Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarded

Queensland Naval Service till 1901:

Midge

White, Cowes, UK: Midge

1888: Midge

none

none

1912: Midge



Technical data


Displacement normal, t

12

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

17.2

Breadth, m

2.82

Draught, m1.40
No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 2-cyl HCE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p. 
Max speed, kts 
Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 2 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I, 1 spar torpedo

Complement 


Project history

Spar torpedo launch for the Queensland.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.