Name: | POLLUCE |
Type: | Gunboat |
Keel: | 22/02/1887 |
Launched: | 10/1888 |
Completed: | 1889 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Elswick |
Yard Number: | 513 |
Dimensions: | 667disp, 115.0 x 37.0 x 9.2(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (9.5, 15 & 25 x 18ins), 364ihp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 8.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 1 x 16.0ins gun |
History: | |
1889 | Italian Ministry of War |
06/08/1911 | Stricken |
Comments: | Shipped to Italy in parts and re-assembled at Pozzuoli nera Naples |
1899: Re-armed with a 4.7ins gun | |
06/08/1911: Stricken and discarded |