HMS Waitemata (1883)
Appearance
A Defender-class torpedo boat, clearly showing the spar torpedo
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Waitemata |
Ordered | 26 August 1882[1] |
Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
Cost | £12,600 for four boats |
Yard number | 170[1] |
Launched | 30 August 1883[1] |
Commissioned | 19 September 1883[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
Displacement | 12 tons |
Length | 62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) |
Beam | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
Installed power | 173 hp (129 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 17.3 kn (32.0 km/h) |
Complement | 7[1] |
Armament |
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HMS Waitemata was a colonial service Template:Sclass- designed by Thornycroft & Company for the defence of New Zealand, built at Chiswick in 1883 and shipped to New Zealand.
References
Sources
- The New Zealand Maritime Index
- Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.