Name: | TIRADENTES |
Type: | Torpedo Gunboat |
Keel: | 06/1891 |
Launched: | 26/05/1892 |
Completed: | 11/1892 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Elswick |
Yard Number: | 588 |
Dimensions: | 728disp, 165.0 x 30.0 x 10.8(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (15.5, 24 & 37 x 16ins), 1646ihp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.5knots |
Construction: | Steel, wood sheathed |
Armament: | 4 x 1 x 4.7ins QF, 3 x 1 x 6pdr guns; 2 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes |
History: | |
13/09/1892 | Brazilian Navy |
05/07/1925 | Broken up |
Comments: | 13/09/1892: Builder's trials |
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