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DEFENDER 2nd class torpedo boats (1883)


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Defender class boat  

Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarded

Defender

Taiaroa

Waitemata

Poneke

Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK: Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke

1883: Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke

none

none

1900s: Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke



Technical data


Displacement normal, t

12

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

19.2 pp

Breadth, m

2.29

Draught, m1.18
No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 2-cyl HCE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p. 
Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

coal 0.8

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 2 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I, 1 McEvoy charge on steel spar

Complement

7



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<i>Defender </i>class boat  
Defender class boat  


Project history

Colonial Service 2nd class torpedo boats, identical to early 63ft 2nd class boats built for the Royal Navy.

Modernizations

1885, 3 boats: - spar torpedo; + 2 - 356 TC

Naval service

No significant events.