HMS Poneke (1883) - Misplaced Pages

History
A Defender-class torpedo boat, clearly showing the spar torpedo
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Poneke
Ordered	26 August 1882
Builder	John I. Thornycroft & Company
Cost	£12,600 for four boats
Yard number	171
Launched	31 August 1883
Commissioned	18 September 1883
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	Two-cylinder compound-expansion steam reciprocating engine 130lb/sq in Locomotive boiler,
Speed	17.3 kn (32.0 km/h)
Complement	7
Armament	One McEvoy Spar torpedo Two 18" Whitehead torpedoes One 2-barrelled Nordenfelt gun

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.

References

The New Zealand Maritime Index Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.

v t e Defender-class torpedo boats
Defender Taiaroa Waitemata Poneke
Preceded by: Acheron class Followed by: HMVS Childers

Colonial service torpedo boats
Victoria	Childers Nepean Lonsdale Gordon Countess of Hopetoun
New South Wales	Acheron class
Tasmania	TB 191
Queensland	Mosquito Midge
New Zealand	Defender class
See Colonial navies of Australia and Early naval vessels of New Zealand

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