With a hull of steel was she flush-decked. Launched ay the yard of Laird, Birkenhead, England in 1893 was she decommissioned in 1927. With a displacement of 1.029 tons (during the trials) were her dimensions 250 ‘(between perpendiculars) x 31’6’” x 9’8’ (during the trials) or 76,20 x 9,60 x 2,95 metres. The two shaft vertical triple expansion engines and the 4 loco boilers supplied 5,000 ihp allowing a speed of 20,5 knots (during the trials even 5,074 ihp and 20,55 knots) and she ha a coal bunker capacity of 250-288 tons. Her crew numbered 100 men and she was armed with 2x1-4.7” guns (1 fore, 1 aft), 4x1-8pdrs, 2x1-3pdrs and 5-18” surfaced torpedo tubes (1 x bow, 4 main deck broadside).
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The Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1894-1895 no. 4 reported that this twin screw torpedo cruiser was launched on 28 December 1893 at the shipyard of Laird Brothers/ With a displacement of 1.183 ton were her dimensions 250’x 30 x 16’. The two triple expansion engines supplied 1.250 ihp. The four so-called locomotive boilers worked with a pressure of 155lbs. The steel made screws had 3 propeller blades made of manganese.
