| Austro-Hungarian "Natter" |
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Torpedoboats |
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| The Natter
was was the competitive Schichau design to the British Viper,
also constructed in 1895. The boat suffered from minor problems, not achieving the contract speed. Note the specific Schichau type retractable bow rudder. In 1897/98 the stern was modified. In 1910 the Austro-Hungarian Navy changed the names of the torpedo boats into numbers, the Natter became Tb 18. In 1911 the two forward torpedo tubes were replaced by a single one between the funnels instead. In 1917 this was replaced by a twin set. |
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| During World War I she served as torpedo training ship. End of January 1920 she was allocated by the Allied Naval Delegations at Paris to GB, and sold for scrapping to Italy. |
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| Technical Data | ||
| Built: Displacement: Dimensions: Propulsion: Max. Speed: Range: Crew: |
1895 at F. Schichau, Elbing (Elblag) 166.2 ts 47.25 x 5.3 x 1.47/2.8 m 2,050 ihp; 1 VTE 23.7 kts 1,400 nm/12 kts; 1,600 nm/10 kts (33 ts coal) 22 |
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| Tactical Data: | ||
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2 x 47 mm cal 33 QF |
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