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Friday, 7 June 2019

The new Spanish torpedo boats according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad 1915-1916 no. 3

An item referred to the magazine Engineering dated 1 May 1914 reporting that according to a design of the French firm Normand 24 torpedo boats were built at Haire, Spain. With a displacement of 186-1.000 kg ton were their dimensions 50 x 5,24 x 1,47 metres. The armament consisted of 1 double and 1 single torpedo gun amidships able to fire across both bows and further more 3-0,47 cm guns. The designed speed was 26 miles. Several boats achieved during the 4 hours trial while fitted out a maximum speed of 27,5-28 miles.