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Defender class boat  

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarded
New Zealand Naval Service: Defender Taiaroa Waitemata Poneke Victoria Naval Service, 1901- RAN: Nepean Lonsdale Tasmania Naval Service (to South Australia 1900), 1901- RAN: No 191 Queensland Naval Service, 1901- RAN: Mosquito	Thornycroft, Chiswick: Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke, Nepean, Lonsdale, No 191, Mosquito	1883: Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke, No 191 1884: Nepean, Lonsdale, Mosquito	none	none	1900s: Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke 1910: No 191, Mosquito 1913: Nepean, Lonsdale

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	12
Displacement full, t
Length, m	19.2 pp
Breadth, m	2.29
Draught, m	1.18
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 2-cyl VC, 1 locomotive boiler
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts	17
Fuel, t	coal 0.8
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Defender, Taiaroa, Waitemata, Poneke, No 191, 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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Project history

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

Modernizations

1885, No 191 and 3 from 4 New Zealand boats: - spar torpedo; + 2 - 356 TC

Naval service

No significant events.