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WIDGEON river gunboat (1, 1904)


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Widgeon beside cruiser Suffolk 1928 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Widgeon N71 1142 Yarrow, Scotstoun / Shanghai, China   16.4.1904 1904 sold 10.1931


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

195

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

48.7

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery1 VTE
Power, h. p.

800

Max speed, kts

12.5

Fuel, t

coal 39

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I

Complement35


Standard scale images


nearly sister-ship <i>Teal </i>1901
nearly sister-ship Teal 1901


Graphics


<i>Widgeon</i> beside cruiser <i>Suffolk</i> 1928 <i>Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.</i>
Widgeon beside cruiser Suffolk 1928 Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.


Project history

Tunnel-screw type. Hull had bullet-proof protection.

Modernizations

None

Naval service

Paid off in December 1914 but was re-commissioned post-war.

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