![]() A Defender-class torpedo boat, clearly showing the spar torpedo
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History | |
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Name | HMS Poneke |
Ordered | 26 August 1882 [1] |
Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
Cost | £12,600 for four boats |
Yard number | 171 [1] |
Launched | 31 August 1883 [1] |
Commissioned | 18 September 1883 [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Defender-class torpedo boat |
Displacement | 12 tons |
Length | 62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) |
Beam | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
Installed power | 173 hp (129 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 17.3 kn (32.0 km/h) |
Complement | 7 [1] |
Armament |
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HMS Poneke was a colonial service Defender-class torpedo boat designed by Thornycroft & Company for the defence of New Zealand, built at Chiswick in 1883 and shipped to New Zealand.
![]() A Defender-class torpedo boat, clearly showing the spar torpedo
| |
History | |
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![]() | |
Name | HMS Poneke |
Ordered | 26 August 1882 [1] |
Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
Cost | £12,600 for four boats |
Yard number | 171 [1] |
Launched | 31 August 1883 [1] |
Commissioned | 18 September 1883 [1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Defender-class torpedo boat |
Displacement | 12 tons |
Length | 62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) |
Beam | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
Installed power | 173 hp (129 kW) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 17.3 kn (32.0 km/h) |
Complement | 7 [1] |
Armament |
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HMS Poneke was a colonial service Defender-class torpedo boat designed by Thornycroft & Company for the defence of New Zealand, built at Chiswick in 1883 and shipped to New Zealand.