Name: | PLANET |
Type: | Torpedo Gunboat |
Launched: | 25/06/1889 |
Completed: | 1890 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 620 |
Dimensions: | 480disp - 525disp, 210.0 x 23.0 x 8.4(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (18.5, 27 & 43 x 20ins), 3,500ihp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 19.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 2 x 1 x 80mm QF, 8 x 1 x 47mm QF guns; 3 x 1 x torpedoes |
History: | |
1890 | Austro-Hungarian Navy |
1920 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1915: Converted to a mine layer |
31/10/1918: Stricken from the Navy List | |
1920: Broken up in Italy |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Tuesday, 25/06/1889