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HMS Waitemata (1883)
Defender-class torpedo boat
A Defender-class torpedo boat, clearly showing the spar torpedo
Career (United Kingdom) Royal Navy Ensign
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 & 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:

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.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Winfield (2004) p.316

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