HMS Waitemata (1883)
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.
 A Defender-class torpedo boat, clearly showing the spar torpedo | |
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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) |
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| Speed: | 17.3 kn (32.0 km/h) |
| Complement: | 7[1] |
| Armament: |
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References
- Winfield (2004) p.316
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.
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