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OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

HYDRA gunboats

nearly sister-ship Hefring 1940

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Hydra   Armstrong, Elswick, UK   1873 1873 stricken 1906
Ever   Armstrong, Elswick, UK   1873 1873 subsidiary service 1884
Das   Rujkswerf Amsterdam   1876 1876 minelayer 1914, sold 1925
Dog   Rujkswerf Amsterdam   1874 1874 subsidiary service 1894
Fret   Rujkswerf Amsterdam   1876 1876 accommodation ship 1898
Geep   Rujkswerf Amsterdam   1875 1875 subsidiary service 1892
Gier   Rujkswerf Amsterdam   1875 1875 TS 1894, sold 1913
Havik   Rujkswerf Amsterdam   1874 1874 minelayer 1914, BU 1936
Raaf   Rujkswerf Amsterdam   1875 1875 subsidiary service 1894
Brak   Fijenoord, Schiedam   1872 1872 hulk 1902
Lynx, 1912- Los   Fijenoord, Schiedam   1875 1875 sold 1925
Vos   Fijenoord, Schiedam   1875 1875 subsidiary service 1893
Bever   Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven   1876 1876 accommodation ship 1896
Sperwer   Christie, Nolet & De Kuyper, Delfshaven   1875 1875 TS 1896, sold 1926

  

Displacement normal, t

218

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

25.9

Breadth, m

8.20

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

VCE, 2 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

124 - 146

Max speed, kts

7.5 - 8

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 229/12 Armstrong RML

Complement

34

Ship project history: Gunboats of so-called "Rendell" type.

Modernizations: 1890s, all: - 1 x 1 - 229/12; + 1 x 1 - 210/35 Krupp, 2 x 1 - 37/23 Hotchkiss, 1 x 5 - 37/20 Hotchkiss

1914, Das, Havik: - 1 x 1 - 210/35; + mines

Naval service: No significant events.

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