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No191 torpedo boats (1883-1884)
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Defender class boat
Ships
| Names | Builders | Completed | Losses | Transfers | Discarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Victoria Naval Service till 1901: Nepean Lonsdale Tasmania Naval Service, 1900- South Australia till 1901: No191 Queensland Naval Service till 1901: Mosquito |
Thornycroft, Chiswick, UK: Nepean, Lonsdale, No191, Mosquito |
1883: No191 1884: Nepean, Lonsdale, Mosquito |
none |
none |
1910: No191, 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 HCE, 1 locomotive boiler |
| Power, h. p. | |
| Max speed, kts | 17 |
| Fuel, t | coal 0.8 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | No191, 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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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, No191: - spar torpedo; + 2 - 356 TC
Naval service
No significant events.
