BLENDA gunboats

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Blenda		Lindholmen, Göteborg		16/10/1874	5/1875	repair ship 1906
Disa		Örlogsvarvet Karlskrona		21/4/1877	8/1877	depot ship 1912, minelayer 1918, stricken 6/1925

Displacement normal, t
496

Displacement full, t

550

Length, m

51.1

Breadth, m

8.05

Draught, m

3.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

HC, boilers

Power, h. p.

590

Max speed, kn

11.5

Fuel, t

coal 98

Armament

1 x 1 - 274/18 Armstrong RML, 1 x 1 - 120/21 Armstrong RML

Complement

71

Ship project history: Coast defence gunboats.

Modernizations: 1880s, both: - 1 x 1 - 120/21; + 1 x 1 - 120/24 M81

1892, Disa: armoured CT with 51mm sides was fitted; - 1 x 1 - 274/18, 1 x 1 - 120/24; + 1 x 1 - 152/26 M83, 2 x 1 - 57/55 M89

1918, Disa: + mines

Naval service: no significant events.

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BLENDA gunboats

Displacement normal, t	496
Displacement full, t	550
Length, m	51.1
Breadth, m	8.05
Draught, m	3.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	HC, boilers
Power, h. p.	590
Max speed, kn	11.5
Fuel, t	coal 98
Armament	1 x 1 - 274/18 Armstrong RML, 1 x 1 - 120/21 Armstrong RML
Complement	71