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WOODCOCK river gunboats (2, 1898)


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Woodcock

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Woodcock   326 Thornycroft, Chiswick / Shanghai, China   1897 // 8.4.1898 1898 sold 3.1923
Woodlark N0C 327 Thornycroft, Chiswick / Shanghai, China   1897 // 8.4.1898 1898 sold 7.1923


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

150

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

44.2

Breadth, m

7.30

Draught, m

0.60

No of shafts

1

Machinery1 steam engine
Power, h. p.

550

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

coal 28

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 4 x 1 - 7.7/94

Complement25


Graphics


<i>Woodcock</i>
Woodcock


Project history

Tunnel-screw type, hull had bullet-proof protection.

Modernizations

None

Naval service

Paid off in December 1914 but were re-commissioned post-war.

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