NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
N° 8 - 19	Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK: N° 8 - 19	1879: N° 8 - 19	none	none	1894: N° 12, 14-16 1895: N° 11, 13, 17, 19 1896: N° 8, 10 1897: N° 18 1899: N° 9

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	26
Displacement full, t
Length, m	26.6
Breadth, m	3.30
Draught, m	1.50
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 CR, 1 locomotive boiler No.19: 1 CR,1  Trépardou boiler
Power, h. p.	300
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	coal
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 spar torpedo No.19: 1 - 350 TT (bow)
Complement	10

Project history

They performed very well and were excellent sea boats for their size.

Modernizations

1880s, No.10, 16: - 1 spar torpedo; + 2 Maupóu TT

Naval service

All remained in service for over 15 years. No.14 was used for trials on a Du Temple boiler and after being stricken as а ТВ in 1894 was reclassified is a remorquer and renamed Économe. Most had a small funnel so that the spar torpedo would clear it, but No.19 was fitted with 2 funnels on trials and with a Trépardoux boiler, and also received TTs.