Published Resources Details Journal Article

Title
Torpedo boat trial
In
The Engineer
Imprint
vol. 91, 489, p. 447
Description

Accession No.721

Abstract

The official trial of the torpedo boat Pangrango (length 153 feet overall; displacement 140 tons) built by Yarrow and company, Limited, Poplar, for the Dutch Government, was held on the 30th of April 1901. The trial consisted of a three hour full-speed run at the mouth of the Thames. The mean speed maintained with a load of 30 tons was 25.99 knots, with an air pressure of 1.5 inches of water gauge in the stokehold.