Buffel-class monitor
.jpg) Right elevation line drawing of the Buffel class
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Buffel class |
| Operators |  Royal Netherlands Navy |
| Built | 1867–1870 |
| In service | 1869–1908 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Scrapped | 1 |
| Preserved | 1 |
| General characteristics (as completed) | |
| Class and type | Buffel-class monitor |
| Displacement | 2,402 long tons (2,441 t) |
| Length | 195 ft 10 in (59.7 m) (p/p) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12.2 m) |
| Draught | 16 ft 9 in (5.1 m) |
| Installed power | list error: <br /> list (help) 2,000 ihp (1,500 kW) 4 boilers |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 steam engines |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 159 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 × 1 – Armstrong 9-inch (229 mm) muzzle-loading rifles 4 × 1 – 30-pdr Smoothbore guns |
| Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) Belt: 3–6 in (76–152 mm) Gun turrets: 8–11 in (203–279 mm) Deck: .75–1 in (19–25 mm)* |
The Buffel-class monitors were a pair of ships built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1860s.
| Ship | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HNLMS Buffel | Robert Napier & Sons, Glasgow, Scotland | 1867 | 10 March 1868 | 1869 |
| HNLMS Guinea | Rijkswerf, Amsterdam | 5 May 1870 |
Notes
References
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- "Dutch Ironclad Rams". Warship International. IX (3). Toledo, OH: Naval Records Club: 302–04. 1972.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
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