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DEFENDER torpedo boats (8, 1883)


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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, m1.18
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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<i>Defender </i>class boat  
Defender class boat  


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.