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Thursday, 29 December 2016

Belleville boilers of the British torpedo gunboat Sharpshooter performing very well according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1895-1896 No. 7

An item reported that the Belleville boilers of the British gunboat Sharpshooter performed very well. With a horsepower of 2.150 ihp was it necessary to decrease the horsepower while the ship was terrible shaking.

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1. Of the Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboats, preceded by the Grasshopper-class and succeeded by the Alarm-class. Launched at Devonport Dockyard on 30 November 1888 and sold to be broken up on 27 March 1922.