HMS Waitemata (1883)
A Defender-class torpedo boat, clearly showing the spar torpedo |
| Career (United Kingdom) |
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| 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: |
Defender-class torpedo boat |
| 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 Defender-class torpedo boat designed by Thornycroft & Company for the defence of New Zealand, built at Chiswick in 1883 and shipped to New Zealand.
References
- ^ a b c d e f Winfield (2004) p.316
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Colonial service torpedo boats
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