HMS Waitemata (1883)

A Defender-class torpedo boat, clearly showing the spar torpedo
Career (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:	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:	Two-cylinder compound-expansion steam reciprocating engine 130lb/sq in Locomotive boiler,
Speed:	17.3 kn (32.0 km/h)
Complement:	7[1]
Armament:	One McEvoy Spar torpedo Two 18" Whitehead torpedoes One 2-barrelled Nordenfelt gun[1]

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

Sources

• The New Zealand Maritime Index
• Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (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.