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Nr.1 torpedo boats (1890)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

Nr.1 - 8

Yarrow, Poplar, UK: Nr.1 - 8

1890: Nr.1 - 8

None

None

1920: Nr.1 - 8



Technical data


Displacement normal, t

15

Displacement full, t

16

Length, m

18.3

Breadth, m

2.82

Draught, m

1.07

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 locomotive boiler

1 boat: 1 VTE, 1 Yarrow boiler

Power, h. p.

230

1 boat: 250

Max speed, kts

17

1 boat: 18

Fuel, t

coal 1.5

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 47/42 Nordenfelt, 1 x 1 - 356 TT

Complement

10



Standard scale images


<i>Nr.1 </i>1890
Nr.1 1890


Project history

Steel-hulled second class TBs, almost identical to the British No50 type. The 3pdr QF was mounted forward and the torpedo tube on deck aft.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.