Built at Chiswick, England in 1887. Dimensions 131 x 14.8 x 6.8 feet and a displacement of 89 tons. Horsepower 1.200 ihp, 1 screw and a speed of 23 knots. Coal bunker capacity 14 tons. Armament consisted of 2 machineguns and 4 torpedo tubes. With a crew numbering 20 men.