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STILETTO torpedo boat (1887)


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Stiletto 1889

Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

WTB1 Stiletto

Herreshoff, Bristol: WTB1

7/1887: WTB1

none

none

1.1911: WTB1


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

31

Displacement full, t 
Length, m

28.6

Breadth, m

3.50

Draught, m

0.91 mean

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC, 1 Almy boiler

Power, h. p.

359

Max speed, kts

18.2

Fuel, t

coal 4

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

none

1898: 2 Howel torpedoes

Complement

6



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<i>Stiletto </i>1889
Stiletto 1889


Project history

Built by Herreshoff as a private speculation and purchased under the Act of 3.3.1887. A single funnel, wood-hulled boat used for experimental work. Oil fuel trials in 1897 were unsatisfactory.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.