The edition dated 2 November 1886. Yesterday morning arrived at Flushing the Imperial Russian steam torpedo vessel Reval commanding officer Michael Nevinesky underway from Le Havre and Dunkirk.(1) After loading victuals and water she continued her voyage towards Amsterdam. She was built in England and destined for Kroonstad. Caused by her unusual shape she drew quite a lot of attraction with a rudder amidships and a draught of 8½ feet amidships which was much larger as the draught fore and aft. Her speed was 20 miles. The bulwarks were overloaded with water wings according to the journalist proving that her crew didn’t trust her during worse weather conditions. The lifeboat could be divided in two watertight parts to obtain two separate boats.
The edition dated 13 December 1886. Yesterday evening arrived at Flushing the Russian torpedo boat Viborg commanding officer Schorsnovitch underway from Calais towards Skagen forced to seek shelter due to the worse weather conditions. The Viborg had the same dimensions as the torpedo boat Reval which arrived at Flushing some weeks ago although of a other model. The Viborg departed the same morning at 09.00 o’clock towards IJmuiden and from there to Kroonstad.(2)
Notes
1. Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1860-1905 mentioned a Revel of the Sveaborg-class launched in 1886 at Normand and stricken in 1911. She was later renamed No. 205. Although the Dutch journalist had his doubts over her seaworthiness according to Conway’s were this very satisfactory torpedo boats. With a displacement of 107,5 tons were her dimensions 153’6” (over all) x 11’3”x 8’8” (maximum). The one shaft vertical triple expansion engine and one boiler supplied 837 ihp allowing a speed of 19,7 knots. Her coal bunker capacity was 29 tons maximum. The crew numbered 21 men. The armament consisted of 2-1pdr revolver guns, 2-15” fix bowed torpedo tubes and one 15”training tube. She and her sister ship Sveaborg were later disassembled and transported to Vladivostock.
2. The Vlissingse courant dated 30 December 1886 reported that the Viborg which visited 5 (?) weeks earlier Flushing and IJmuiden never arrived at Kroonstad and that her loss due to the latest December storm was to be feared. Her crew numbered 23 men. She left Copenhagen on 20 December towards Reval and was a torpedo boat built in England of a complete new design fitted out with many new inventions. The Middelburgsche Courant dated 18 January 1887 confirmed this news and wrote that she had a trial speed of 22,45 nautical miles. Her double engines was manufactured in such manner that if one part was defect still the speed could be maintained. Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1860-1905 mentioned however a Viborg launched at Clydebank, England in 1886 and which was not earlier stricken as in 1910, So apparently she survived the storms in 1886 and was not wrecked as both newspapers suggested. She had a displacement of 166 tons with as dimensions 142’6”(over all) x 17 x 17’(maximum) or 43,43 x 5,18 x 2,13 metres. Her 2-shaft vertical compound engine and the two boilers supplied 1,300 ihp allowing a speed of 20 knots. Her coal bunker capacity was to 40 tons. When she was converted in around 1893 to use oil in stead of coals she had a bunker capacity of 9 ton. Her crew numbered 24 men. The armament consisted of 2-15” fixed bow torpedo tubes while the 15” stern torpedo tube was rotating and further more 2-1pdr revolver guns. She carried maximum 6 torpedoes with her.
The edition dated 13 December 1886. Yesterday evening arrived at Flushing the Russian torpedo boat Viborg commanding officer Schorsnovitch underway from Calais towards Skagen forced to seek shelter due to the worse weather conditions. The Viborg had the same dimensions as the torpedo boat Reval which arrived at Flushing some weeks ago although of a other model. The Viborg departed the same morning at 09.00 o’clock towards IJmuiden and from there to Kroonstad.(2)
Notes
1. Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1860-1905 mentioned a Revel of the Sveaborg-class launched in 1886 at Normand and stricken in 1911. She was later renamed No. 205. Although the Dutch journalist had his doubts over her seaworthiness according to Conway’s were this very satisfactory torpedo boats. With a displacement of 107,5 tons were her dimensions 153’6” (over all) x 11’3”x 8’8” (maximum). The one shaft vertical triple expansion engine and one boiler supplied 837 ihp allowing a speed of 19,7 knots. Her coal bunker capacity was 29 tons maximum. The crew numbered 21 men. The armament consisted of 2-1pdr revolver guns, 2-15” fix bowed torpedo tubes and one 15”training tube. She and her sister ship Sveaborg were later disassembled and transported to Vladivostock.
2. The Vlissingse courant dated 30 December 1886 reported that the Viborg which visited 5 (?) weeks earlier Flushing and IJmuiden never arrived at Kroonstad and that her loss due to the latest December storm was to be feared. Her crew numbered 23 men. She left Copenhagen on 20 December towards Reval and was a torpedo boat built in England of a complete new design fitted out with many new inventions. The Middelburgsche Courant dated 18 January 1887 confirmed this news and wrote that she had a trial speed of 22,45 nautical miles. Her double engines was manufactured in such manner that if one part was defect still the speed could be maintained. Conway’s All the World’s Fighting Ships 1860-1905 mentioned however a Viborg launched at Clydebank, England in 1886 and which was not earlier stricken as in 1910, So apparently she survived the storms in 1886 and was not wrecked as both newspapers suggested. She had a displacement of 166 tons with as dimensions 142’6”(over all) x 17 x 17’(maximum) or 43,43 x 5,18 x 2,13 metres. Her 2-shaft vertical compound engine and the two boilers supplied 1,300 ihp allowing a speed of 20 knots. Her coal bunker capacity was to 40 tons. When she was converted in around 1893 to use oil in stead of coals she had a bunker capacity of 9 ton. Her crew numbered 24 men. The armament consisted of 2-15” fixed bow torpedo tubes while the 15” stern torpedo tube was rotating and further more 2-1pdr revolver guns. She carried maximum 6 torpedoes with her.
