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Wednesday, 19 October 2016

French torpedo boat No. 5 testing Oriolle boiler according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1890 no. 1

An item reported that at Brest, France the French torpedo boat No. 85 with a length of 34 metres executed her trials while fitted out with a Oriolle boiler. During the 3 hours trial with natural draft was the speed 19,11 knots and at the measured mile was with forced draft a speed of 20 knots achieved.