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Mongkut Rajakumarn

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
มกุฎราชกุมาร [Mongkut Rajakumarn] (ex-Philipinas)			Hongkong & Whampoa, Hongkong, UK		5.2.1887	1887 // 1891	stricken 4.1930

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	610
Displacement full, t	700
Length, m	53.3
Breadth, m	7.16
Draught, m	3.35
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 boilers
Power, h. p.	800
Max speed, kts	14
Fuel, t	coal 90
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 120/40 QF, 4 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 3 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 - 356 TT (bow)
Complement	100

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Project history

Built for Spain as Philipinas but bought by Siam in 1891. Steel-hulled, schooner-rigged, had two masts with military tops, one funnel and ram bow. In 1905 speed of gunboat did not exceed 11kts.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.