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BLITZ torpedo gunboats (1888-1889)


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

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Blitz   380 Schichau, Elbing, Germany 2/1888 7.7.1888 1/1888 to Italy 1920
Komet   381 Schichau, Elbing, Germany 1888 18.8.1888 2/1889 to Italy 1920


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

360

Displacement full, t426
Length, m

59.0 pp

Breadth, m

6.90

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts1
Machinery1 VTE, 2 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.

2600

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)2200(10)
Armament

Blitz: 8 x 1 - 47/40 SFK L/44 H, 1 - 356 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 356 TT

Komet: 8 x 1 - 47/40 SFK L/44 H, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 1 - 450 TT

Complement

61



Standard scale images


<i>Blitz </i>1888
Blitz 1888


Graphics


<i>Komet</i> <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Komet Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Officially classified as "torpedo ships".

Modernizations

1914, Komet: was reboilered with 2 Yarrow boilers.

1918, Komet: - 8 x 1 - 47/40; + 2 x 1 - 66/42 SFK L/45

Naval service

No significant events.

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