Translate

Saturday 2 April 2016

British torpedo gunboat HMS Gleaner executing trials according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1892-1893 no. 6

An item referred to the Le Yacht reporting that the British torpedo gunboat Gleaner (1) with one of the four boilers during 3 hours with forced draft a medium horsepower of 982 hp developed achieving a medium speed of 13 miles.

Note
1. Undocked at the Sheerness Dockyard, England on 9 January 1890 and finally sold on 4 April 1905.