An item reported that on board of the Austrian torpedo boat Adler near Curzola in the Adriatic Sea a boiler exploded causing the death of five men while two others were wounded. The ship was heavily damaged.(1)
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1. Launched in December 1884 at the British shipyard Yarrow, London, stricken 1911 (other sources 1914), sister ship Falke. With a displacement of 95-100 tons were her dimensions 41,2 x 4,2 x 1,7 metres, the 1.300 hp allowed a speed of 22 knots, a crew numbering 16 men and she was armed with 2 bow torpedo tubes and further 2x3.7cm quick firing guns
