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POTÍ torpedo boat (1893)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

Potí (ex-Javelin)

Herreshoff, Bristol, UK: Potí

1893: Potí

None

None

1900: Potí


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

30

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

38.4

Breadth, m

3.66

Draught, m

0.91

No of shafts

1

Machinery 
Power, h. p. 
Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 Howell TT

Complement 


Project history

Built as the yacht Javelin and bought by Brazil and renamed Potí in 1893. She was fitted with the unsuccessful Howell flywheel torpedo.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.