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

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Adder			Fijenoord, Schiedam	31.12.1870	28.9.1871	24.10.1873	lost 5.7.1882
Haai		79	Fijenoord, Schiedam	1870	1871	1872	stricken 1905
Hyena			Rijkswerf Amsterdam	1869	1870	1871	stricken 1905
Luipaard		96	Fijenoord, Schiedam	1875	28.8.1877	1878	stricken 1907
Panter			Rijkswerf, Amsterdam	1869	1870	1871	stricken 1906
Wesp			Rijkswerf, Amsterdam	1870	1871	1872	stricken 1906

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1555 Luipaard: 1585
Displacement full, t
Length, m	58.6 - 59.6
Breadth, m	13.4
Draught, m	2.97 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HC, 4 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	560 - 740
Max speed, kts	7 - 8
Fuel, t	coal 93
Endurance, nm(kts)	600(7)
Armour, mm	iron; side: 140, deck: 25, turret: 285 - 203, CT: 140
Armament	1 x 2 - 229/14 Armstrong 12.5-ton MLR Luipaard: 1 x 1 - 283/20 Krupp No.1
Complement	117

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Project history

Low freeboard monitors with ram bows and small aft superstructure.

Ship protection

Armoured 140mm belt protected full ship length. Turret had 285-203mm sides.

Modernizations

1884, Wesp; 1887, Hyena; 1888, Panter; 1889, Haai: - 1 x 2 - 229/14; + 1 x 1 - 283/20 Krupp No.1, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

early 1880s, Luipaard: + 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

Naval service

Adder was lost with all hands by unknown cause 5.7.1882 off Scheveningen.

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