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K1 MICHIEL GARDEYN torpedo boats (1905)
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K2 Christiaan Cornelis
Ships
| Names | Builders | Commissioned | Losses | Transfers | Discarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K1 Michiel Gardeyn K2 Christiaan Cornelis K3 Willem Warmont |
Fijenoord, Schiedam: K1 Michiel Gardeyn, K2 Christiaan Cornelis, K3 Willem Warmont |
1905: K1 Michiel Gardeyn, K2 Christiaan Cornelis, K3 Willem Warmont |
K2 Christiaan Cornelis (13.5.1940) |
None |
1921: K1 Michiel Gardeyn, K3 Willem Warmont |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 47 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 30.0 |
| Breadth, m | 3.60 |
| Draught, m | 1.72 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 VTE, 1 cylindrical boiler |
| Power, h. p. | 560 |
| Max speed, kts | 18.7 |
| Fuel, t | coal 5 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) |
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| Armament | 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 - 356 TT (bow) |
| Complement | 12 |
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K2 Christiaan Cornelis
Project history
Small 2nd class torpedo boats. In days of WWI they were reclassified as patrols, and K2 was converted in 1921 to river gunboat.
Modernizations
1914-1915, all: - 2 - 356 TT
1921, K2: - 1 x 1 - 37/20
Naval service
K2 Christiaan Cornelis, converted to river gunboat, was damaged by German paratroopers and scuttled at Rotterdam 13.5.1940.
