NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarded
Victoria Naval Service, 1901- RAN: Childers	Thornycroft, Chiswick: Childers	1884: Childers	none	none	1918: Childers

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	61
Displacement full, t
Length, m	35.5 oa 34.1 wl
Breadth, m	3.81
Draught, m	1.68
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 2-cyl VC, 1 locomotive boiler
Power, h. p.	679
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	coal 10
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 37/30 1pdr Mk II, 2 - 381 TT (bow)
Complement	18

Project history

Thornycroft First Class type, she became the prototype for the Royal Navy 125-footers, which were often referred to as the 'Childers type'. She went out to Australia under her own steam in an epic voyage.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.