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No191 torpedo boats (1883-1884)


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Defender class boat

Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarded

Victoria Naval Service till 1901:

Nepean

Lonsdale

Tasmania Naval Service, 1900- South Australia till 1901:

No191

Queensland Naval Service till 1901:

Mosquito

Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK: Nepean, Lonsdale, No191, Mosquito

1883: No191

1884: Nepean, Lonsdale, Mosquito

none

none

1910: No191, Mosquito

1913: Nepean, Lonsdale



Technical data


Displacement normal, t

12

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

19.2 pp

Breadth, m

2.29

Draught, m1.18
No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 2-cyl HCE, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p. 
Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

coal 0.8

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

No191, Mosquito: 1 x 2 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I, 1 McEvoy charge on steel spar

Nepean, Lonsdale: 1 x 2 - 25/40 Nordenfelt Mk I, 1 - 356 TT (bow)

Complement

7



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<i>Defender </i>class boat
Defender class boat


Project history

Colonial Service 2nd class torpedo boats, identical to early 63ft 2nd class boats built for the Royal Navy.

Modernizations

1885, No191: - spar torpedo; + 2 - 356 TC

Naval service

No significant events.